by Khaled Hosseini · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa dura · ISBN 9780747582793
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«A Thousand Splendid Suns» is the contemporary novel by Khaled Hosseini, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in hardcover (384 pages, in English).
In Afghanistan, Mariam is sent as a young woman to marry a much older man; years later, Laila, born in a different generation, ends up taking refuge in that same house. Between the two women a deep friendship arises that sustains them in the face of domestic violence, war and the Taliban regime, in a story of survival, sacrifice and love.
It is Khaled Hosseini's second novel, after «The Kite Runner», and was distinguished with the British Book Award and the Book Sense Book of the Year Award in 2008.
For readers of contemporary fiction and historical drama; it is a common work in reading clubs.
Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini is an Afghan and American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have spread awareness about Afghanistan's people and culture.
