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| Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1250 reviews
Sales Rank: 45
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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Condition: Used LIBRARY book with several LIBRARY labels. stamps & pocket for LIBRARY card. Spine slightly cocked otherwise book is in very good condition.
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 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.
A SPLENDID NOVEL! June 13, 2008
I read the Kite Runner before reading this one, and wasn't warned about all the feelings and emotions that book could lead you into! So I was afraid that A Thousand Splendid Suns would not have such an impact on me.... In a way, I was prepared to read an amazing, violent, terribly unjust but beautiful story (I was actually demanding it!), and I was not deceived! It should be number ONE in every best-books of 2007.
The story of the two women and all the things they have to put up with (war, being born on an unfair situation, etc) is told in a beautiful and moving manner. Another interesting aspect of this book is that it tells you a bit of the story of Afghanistan on the past decades, related directly to the main characters, and so it's very easy to understand how all this historical facts affected the people, which gives the novel an even more humanitarian scope then the story per-se.
Both books by Khaled Hosseini are on the list of my favourites.... And I am looking forward to the next one :O) Thank you Khaled Hosseini again!!!
A short history of Afghanistan's recent past with personal touches June 8, 2008
If you read and liked The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions), you must read this one. However, if you haven't read the previous novel, you can still read it. Compared to Kite Runner there are not sharp turning points, unexpected plot twists but there you will still be surprised. Mr. Hosseini provides that. It is certainly a good fiction. I am expecting to see the author's new novels to come. But you can also read it as a sound description of a country's recent past. I remember reading in news how Soviets retreated, what kind of optimism in many circles - even in Turkey- emerged and then the shattering of all that hope. The novels gives you a good idea of that feeling...
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