A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

digital audio

English language

Published May 17, 2007 by Simon & Schuster Audio.

ISBN:: 978-0-7435-6761-9

(5 reviews)

AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS ON THE BESTSELLER LISTS, KHALED HOSSEINI RETURNS WITH A BEAUTIFUL, RIVETING, AND HAUNTING NOVEL OF ENORMOUS CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE.

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan's last thirty years -- from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding -- that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives -- the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness -- are inextricable from the history playing out around them.

AFTER MORE THAN TWO YEARS ON THE BESTSELLER LISTS, KHALED HOSSEINI RETURNS WITH A BEAUTIFUL, RIVETING, AND HAUNTING NOVEL OF ENORMOUS CONTEMPORARY RELEVANCE.

Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heartwrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love -- a stunning accomplishment. source: www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Thousand-Splendid-Suns/Khaled-Hosseini/9780743567619

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4 stars

Utterly depressing until the final chapters, however that doesn't mean it was a bad book, just that it made me feel that way. It's most striking because the story of misery and hopelessness is probably completely true. I didn't read this as fiction, which made it even sadder. Books like this are important in our current political climate. I especially loved that at the end of this Kindle version there were questions about the book as discussion starters because one of the themes of the book to me was that of education and thought before war.

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3 stars

It's been a while since I haven't bothered to finish a book. Not sure what it was about this one - maybe too similar to The Kite Runner in terms of mood, so I just wasn't captivated by the storytelling. Would generally recommend it to others, though - just not particularly thought-provoking (in the first 136 pages, at least).

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