A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
ISBN: 978-1-59448-307-3
Format: Paperback, 448 pages
Publication: Riverhead, 2008
Condition: Good with light shelf wear
Lelong Price: RM15.00
Mariam is only 15 when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes 15 year old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship grow as deep as the bond of sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
With the passing of the time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the street of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles witn a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is an unforgettable potrait of a wounded country and deeply moving story of family and friendship. It is a beautiful, heart-wrenching story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond and an indestructible love.
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