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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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A Thousand Splendid Suns Prebound -

by Khaled Hosseini

With heart-wrenching power and suspense, the bestselling author of "The Kite Runner" 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.


About this book

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini tells a captivating story of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, whose lives intertwine amidst the turbulent backdrop of Afghanistan's history. Hosseini's evocative prose takes us on a compelling journey, exploring themes of love, friendship, and resilience in the face of adversity. As the women navigate the oppressive patriarchy, war, and loss, they find solace and strength in their unwavering bond. Through their experiences, the novel sheds light on the harsh realities faced by Afghan women, while also portraying their indomitable spirit and capacity for hope. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a poignant and powerful testament to the human spirit, leaving a lasting impression of the courage and endurance that can flourish even in the most challenging circumstances.


From the publisher

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.


First Edition Identification

Riverhead Books published a First US Edition, First Printing hardcover in 2007, New York. 

Bloomsbury published a First UK Edition, First Printing hardcover in 2007, London. 


Details

  • Title A Thousand Splendid Suns
  • Author Khaled Hosseini
  • Binding Prebound
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Turtleback
  • Date 11/25/20
  • ISBN 9780606324298 / 0606324291
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.2 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 3.05 cm)
  • Reading level 830
  • Library of Congress subjects Domestic fiction, Afghanistan
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007008679
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

With more than ten million copies sold in the United States of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," and more than thirty-eight million copies sold worldwide in more than seventy countries, Khaled Hosseini is one of most widely read and beloved novelists in the entire world. "The Kite Runner" spent 103 weeks on the "New York Times" bestseller list, and "A Thousand Splendid Suns" debuted as a #1 "New York Times" bestseller, remaining in the #1 spot for fifteen weeks, and spending nearly an entire year on the bestseller list. Hosseini is a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.