A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel
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Simon & Schuster Audio 2007
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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Street Date:
05/22/2007
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780743567619
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 5.4, 16 Points
Level 5.4, 16 Points
Lexile measure:
830
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Khaled Hosseini. (2007). A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Khaled Hosseini. 2007. A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel. Simon & Schuster Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2007.
MLA Citation (style guide)Khaled Hosseini. A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel. Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio, 2007.
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