A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Overview
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.
A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love
International bestseller and Richard & Judy Book Club choice, A Thousand Splendid Suns will enjoy further success in paperback
The Kite Runner has sold over 8 million copies worldwide and is a BAFTA nominated film from the director of Monster’s Ball
Khaled Hosseini has a rising profile and continues to receive huge publicity, growing popularity and major critical acclaim
’In case you’re wondering whether A Thousand Splendid Suns is as good as The Kite Runner, here’s the answer: No. It’s better’
’Only the hardest of hearts could fail to be as moved’
’A masterful narrative ... He is a storyteller of dizzying power’
’Hosseini has that rare thing, a Dickensian knack for storytelling’
- Title: A Thousand Splendid Suns
- Author: Khaled Hosseini
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Print Publication Date: 2009
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 432
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781408803738, 9781526679680, 152667968X, 1408803739
- Resource ID: LLS:9781408803738
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-11-18T05:04:33Z
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in thirty-four countries. In 2006 he was named a US goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.