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| Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1242 reviews
Sales Rank: 37
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.7 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1594489505
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781594489501
ASIN: 1594489505
Publication Date: May 22, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Lukewarm June 25, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First I absolutely LOVED the Kite Runner. This book-not so much. ***spoilers*** I don't have a problem with the simplistic prose; my main issue with this novel is that the characters aren't as fleshed out like in the previous novel. I don't think the author write women protagonist as well as he does men. Mariam and Laila felt one dimensional. The timeline felt awkward and disjointed. Plus, I felt like I was being manipulated for the circumstance to fit where the author wanted me to go. Two women can't get rid of one man? C'mon, they cooked for him. Give him a little rat poison and claim he died in his sleep. Give me a break. Women are crafty when circumstances command it. With such lawlessness in Kabul, I don't understand why the wives couldn't just play dumb to the crime. The ending felt too pat as well. It's an easy read, but this sophomore effort fell short for this reader.
 The sadest book I've ever read June 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
With each chapter, it seemed to get sadder and sadder. Someone recommended this book to me and I was depressed for weeks after. I would never recommend this book to anyone. I know it's a story but the one woman I really loved so much in this book had such a horrible thing done to her! The only thing I learned from reading this was, that I value my life a little bit more.
 Beautiful June 21, 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of the most beautiful stories I had ever read in my entire life. I believe women, especially, should pick this book up. It deffinetly opens your eyes and your hearts to the middle east and what that country's people have survived through.
 A great novel + a pretty good short story June 20, 2008
A Thousand Splendid Suns, the novel, begins and ends with Mariam, the illegitimate daughter of a bitter woman with all-too-good a grasp of how men work.
Mariam has a tough life which only gets harder and harder under the influence of events over which she has no control. Had this book been set in Europe, people would have accused the author of ripping off Kafka. Instead, it is set in Afghanistan, and readers will instantly accept it.
As a writer, Khaled Hosseini is even sharper in this novel than in The Kite Runner. He evokes more emotion, brings Afghanistan more in focus, and and succeeds in every way--in the novel.
My gripe is that at one point the novel leaves Mariam behind and follows another woman, Laila. At this point, the story becomes slapdash. it includes an insiders view of the sub-continental view of September 11, 2001--something that seems as necessary to Afghani literature as Hula dancing is to tales of Hawaii. There was nothing wrong with this short story, but there was nothing special about it, either. It seemed like an adendum, and not a particularly welcomed one.
If you are looking for a well-turned tale with the power to make readers feel and understand a slice of Afghanistan, read this novel. It's worth the effort.
American Women be thankful June 13, 2008
This is a terrific novel. I think we need to read these types of books to understand the culture of certain arabic nations. It is also frightening to see just how fast the Taliban is taking over in some of those countries.
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