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A Thousand Splendid Suns
 

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.

Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is... (read more)

Top tags: afghanistan,  fiction,  women,  historical fiction,  contemporary fiction (all tags)

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Amazon Reviews (5)
 

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Liked It

4 of 4 members found this review helpful.
Sufhia
  • Rated 5 stars

“It is a beautiful Story about true friendship ,love ,sacrifice and oppression.
What i especaiily like about this book is that it is written through women perspective her emotions,sacrifice and fears.
Book also shed light on injusice and inequality which is not part of islam yet reflected in culture as part of islam.
Khaled Hussaini has presented contrast between male characters in the book as kind,compassionate and understanding while other injust and cruel.
Khaled Hosseini...”

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Didn’t Like It

2 of 3 members found this review helpful.
anurag s
  • Rated 1 stars

“i'm so sorry but this is unimaginable that people can like something like this after reading a master piece from him before.. its too much cliche now... same old stuff told in a different way.. very dissapointing... if u like pain and suffering try some other book this will waste your time money and would do substantial benefit to your english...”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.395027 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.6 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Alizabeth S

    alizabeth s said:

    “Does anyone know when his next book comes out? I can't wait. He does not disappoint.”

    posted Sunday, October 5 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • john a

    john a said:

    “Anybody read the 3rd installment of Christopher Paolini's Eragon (Brizinger)? I tried to post a reservation for the book but it turned out the delivery was delayed. Now I'm having sleepless nights waiting for my copy.”

    posted Monday, September 22 2008
  • john a

    john a said:

    “I had misgivings before I read The Kite Runner because I didn't know the author. But once I finished it I rushed to the nearest bookstore and bought A thousand splendid Suns. I love this book. Well, it' heart rending but it also tells us that hope floats despite all adversities. ”

    posted Monday, September 22 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Meredith R

    meredith r said:

    “This was another one of my favorite books. I wasn't sure I was going to like it because of the content, but I could not put it down.”

    posted Friday, September 19 2008
  • Yen E

    yen e said:

    “The book was good but i thought the starting had the same old stuff as the kite runner. That turned me off abit but the story began to pick up halfway through and it got me entranced.”

    posted Sunday, August 17 2008 ( | view 2 replies )
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