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On May 21, 2013, the new novel from Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times- bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns , has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Saboor: The father of Abdulla and Pari. Second wife is Parwan.
- Abdulla: Son of Saboor and brother of Pari. Born in about 1940 Afghanistan.
- Pari: Little sister of Abdulla. Her father is Saboor. She was born in about 1950 in Afghanistan.
- Parwan: Wife of Saboor. Her brother is Nabi. Her children are Omar and Iqbal.
- Nabi: Uncle/butler, brother of Parwana, the second wife of Naboor who is the father of Abdullah and Pari. He works for a wealthy couple in Kabul.
- Nila Wahdati: Poet. Mother was French.
- Gholam: Son of Iqbal.
- Adel: Commander Sahib's son. He and Gholam secretly play together.
First Sentence edit
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one. But just the one. Don't either one of you ask me for more.
Table of Contents edit
One: Fall 1952
Two: Fall 1952
Three: Spring 1949
Four
Five: Spring 2003
Six: February 1974
Seven: Summer 2009
Eight: Fall 2010
Nine: Winter 2010
Authors & Contributors edit
- Khaled Hosseini (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 21, 2013
ISBN: 978-1594631764
Page Count: 402
Publisher: Riverhead Hardcover
Country: USA
Publication Date: May 21, 2013
ISBN: 978-1594631764
Page Count: 402
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS360.O832A53
- Dewey: 813'.6
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- San Francisco Chronicle Book Review: Several years ago, I asked a Pakistani writer of my acquaintance a question: What, in his opinion, makes contemporary Western literature distinctive? "Simple. It's about bored, tired people having sex," he said. The response was so immediate, delivered with such deadpan frankness - as if the answer should have been obvious - that I burst out laughing. For a joke, it was a surprisingly functional yardstick; shorthand for the opaque cynicism of the postmodern novel, so very different from the urgently political, emotionally riotous books coming out of the Middle East and South Asia.
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