Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Description :
The highly anticipated and breathtaking new novel by the author of the internationally best-selling novel The Kite Runner.
This is the story of an unusual and lifelong friendship between two Afghan women, spanning from the idyllic mid 1950s to post-September 11 Kabul. Bound by tragedy and fate, by political circumstance and custom, the two women live through the Soviet war, the harrowing days of the Afghan civil war and the rule of the Taliban. Yet even as their world unravels around them and innocence is shattered, they find that there, amidst the ruins, is the possibility for hope, meaning and unexpected grace.
About the Author :
Khaled Hosseini was born in Afghanistan and his family received political asylum in the USA in 1980. He is author of the internationally best-selling novel The Kite Runner. Khaled is a doctor and lives in California.
ISBN : 9780747582977
Australian Price : $32.95 Inc. GST
Number of pages : 384
Publication Date : June, 2007
Subject : Fiction – Adult