A Thousand Splendid Suns
Hosseini, Khaled

Description

The Kite Runner became one of those word-out-mouth sensations by first time Afghan novelist Hosseini and this is his much anticipated second novel. I’ve only just started it, but love-love-loving it so far. I’m particularly intrigued to see how he writes from a female perspective, since the The Kite Runner was mostly about two boys and a father/son relationship.

This book focuses on the lives of two Afghan women, thrown together by fate. Mariam, the illegitimate daughter of a rich man and one of his housekeepers who is eventually rejected by him she is married off to an older man - and Laila, an attractive young girl who becomes part of Mariam’s husband’s household.

Spanning several decades pre-Taliban to present day Afghanistan, it encompasses suffering, humanity, war and politics.

Paperback - Bloomsbury - 2008

Price: £7.99

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