An edition of A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)

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Khaled Hosseini
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An edition of A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007)

A Thousand Splendid Suns

  • 4.5 (93 ratings) ·
  • 1,114 Want to read
  • 70 Currently reading
  • 151 Have read

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.

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Cover of: Mille Soleils Splendides
Mille Soleils Splendides
2011, Belfond, Editions
Cover of: Mil sols esplèndids
Mil sols esplèndids
May 07, 2009, Amsterdam
paperback
Cover of: Under en strålende sol
Under en strålende sol
2009, Cicero
in Danish - 3. danske udgave, [1. oplag]
Cover of: Tusen strålande solar
Tusen strålande solar
2009-02-28, Månpocket
Cover of: A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
eBook in English
Cover of: Tusen stra lande solar
Tusen stra lande solar
2008, Wahlstro m & Widstrand
Paperback in Swedish
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english: A Thousand Splendid Suns
2008, Mu ma wen hua shi ye gu fen you xian gong si
Paperback in Chinese - Chu ban
Cover of: A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns. Khaled Hosseini
Oct 01, 2008, Bloomsbury UK
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Cover of: Mil soles espléndidos
Mil soles espléndidos
2007, Salamandra
Hardcover in Spanish
Cover of: Thousand Splendid Suns
Thousand Splendid Suns
2007, Howes Limited, W. F.
in English
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A cidade do sol
2007, Nova Fronteira
in Portuguese

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OL24297350M
ISBN 13
9781429514491, 9781429515016
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F85389B2-F135-4432-8162-E0956F7E72A2

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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.
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Mariam was five years old the first time she heard the word harami.
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August 4, 2013 Edited by VacuumBot Updated format 'E-book' to 'eBook'
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