A thousand splendid suns [electronic resource] : A novel. Khaled Hosseini.
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.
Electronic resources
Record details
- ISBN: 9780743567619
- ISBN: 9780743567602
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (11 audio files) : digital
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2007.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Unabridged.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Narrator: Atossa Leoni.
- Target Audience Note:
- Text Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5830 Lexile.
- System Details Note:
- Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
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