After 103 weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list and with
four million copies of "The Kite Runner" shipped, Khaled Hosseini
returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that
confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers
today.
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made
"The Kite Runner" a beloved classic, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is
at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history
and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the
salvation to be found in love.
Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love
and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly
together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever
escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the
streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both
sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately
alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next
generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows
how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and
heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or
even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival.
A stunning accomplishment, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is a
haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time,
an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.
General
Imprint: |
Riverhead Books,U.S.
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
Khaled Hosseini
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Dimensions: |
204 x 128 x 24mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
420 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-59448-385-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-59448-385-X |
Barcode: |
9781594483851 |
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