'Hosseini has done it again...A Thousand Splendid Suns is a triumph. In Khaled Hosseini,Afghanistan has at last found a voice'- The Financial Times
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.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526604750Number of pages: 432Weight: 299 gDimensions: 198 x 129 mm
MEDIA REVIEWS
'A suspenseful epic'- The Daily Telegraph
'Deeply moving'- The Sunday Times
'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'- The Washington Post'A masterful narrative...He is a storyteller of dizzying power'- The Evening Standard
'Hosseini has that rare thing,a Dickensian knack for storytelling'- The Daily Telegraph
'A gripping tale...It is,too a powerful portrait of female suffering and endurance under the Taliban'- The Daily Mail
'A beautifully crafted and disturbing story...As unforgettable as The Kite Runner,this novel places us in Afghanistan with an open heart'- Isabel Allende
'A heartfelt saga that encompasses romance and melodrama,personal and political intrigue,the onslaught of war and dispossession'- Independent
'If he cut his teeth by writing about his countrymen,it is the plight of Afghanistan's women that has brought him to realise his full powers as a novelist'- The Times
'A Thousand Splendid Suns has all the particularity of a novel and all the force of a fable...It reads,in many ways,like an old-fashioned romance adventure'- The Mail on Sunday
'Hosseini has done it again...A Thousand Splendid Suns is a triumph. In Khaled Hosseini,Afghanistan has at last found a voice'- The Financial Times
Khaled Hosseini
Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini established his career with the phenomenally successful debut novel The Kite Runner. This,along with the novels A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed have been published in over 70 countries and sold over 40 million copies worldwide. In 2018 Hosseini published Sea Prayer,a story inspired by the suffering of those escaping the Syrian conflict.
Visit the Khaled Hosseini author page
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