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A Thousand Splendid Suns

4.45 ( 1,726,595 Ratings by Goodreads)
A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns

4.45 (1,726,595 Ratings by Goodreads)
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Published: 12 January, 2008
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Description

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.
Prizes

Winner of British Book Awards: Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year Award 2008,Short-listed for Independent Booksellers' Week Book of the Year Award: Adults' Book of the Year 2009,Short-listed for British Book Awards: Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award 2008,Short-listed for British Book Awards: Reader's Digest Author of the Year Award 2008

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780747585893
ISBN10 074758589X
Number Of Pages 432
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format Paperback
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Media Reviews

'In case you're wondering whether A Thousand Splendid Suns is as good as The Kite Runner, here's the answer: No. It's better' Washington Post 'Only the hardest of hearts could fail to be as moved' Glamour 'A masterful narrative ... He is a storyteller of dizzying power' Evening Standard 'Hosseini has that rare thing, a Dickensian knack for storytelling' Daily Telegraph

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Author's Bio

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in thirty-four countries. In 2006 he was named a US goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.

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