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A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Make this your next book club selection and everyone saves. Get 15% off when you order 5 or more of this title for your book club. Simply enter the coupon code HOSSEINITHOUSAND at checkout.This offer does not apply to eBook purchases. This offer applies to only one downloadable audio per... show more
Make this your next book club selection and everyone saves. Get 15% off when you order 5 or more of this title for your book club. Simply enter the coupon code HOSSEINITHOUSAND at checkout.This offer does not apply to eBook purchases. This offer applies to only one downloadable audio per purchase. 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. PICTURE A BOOK CHANGING LIVES. NOW MAKE IT HAPPEN. Starting June 15, 2010 through August 31, 2010, visit this campaign page and join the “Hosseini” group--and find out how you can make a difference!
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9781594483851 (159448385X)
ASIN: 159448385X
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Pages no: 415
Edition language: English
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Booka
Booka rated it
3.5 Tysiąc wspaniałych słońc
Tym razem moja literacka podróż zaprowadziła mnie w orientalne, arabskie klimaty. Słoneczny Afganistan, z jednej strony bardzo restrykcyjny wobec kobiet, pełen mężczyzn nakazujących swoim kobietom ubierać burki. Z drugiej strony, ten bardziej nowoczesny Afganistan, gdzie kobiety mogą ubierać się tak...
runner
runner rated it
5.0 Breathtaking
The history of Afghanistan is a bloody affair. A country coveted and fought over by powerful neighbours, ultimately disintegrating into tribal rivalry and butchery. A thousand splendid suns is an outstanding read and within its descriptive storytelling we become acquainted with two very brave women;...
Darth Pedant
Darth Pedant rated it
4.0 A Thousand Splendid Suns
When I read The Kite Runner about five years ago, I thought the experience was like watching a beautifully described train wreck. I could clearly see where the engine was going to leave the tracks, and then I could not look away as car after car piled up after it. Slam! Crash! Boom! Tragedy after ca...
Wortmagieblog
Wortmagieblog rated it
4.0 Ein Autor, der Worten Taten folgen ließ
Khaled Hosseini wurde 1965 in Kabul als Sohn eines Diplomaten geboren und wuchs als Asylant in Kalifornien auf, da seine Familie nach einigen Jahren in Paris aufgrund der politischen Lage nicht nach Afghanistan zurückkehren konnte. 2001 begann er, „Drachenläufer“ zu schreiben, das 2003 veröffentlich...
Dem
Dem rated it
5.0 A Thousand Splendid Suns
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