Record Details

Catalog Search

Search The Catalog



A thousand splendid suns [electronic resource] : A novel. Khaled Hosseini.

Hosseini, Khaled. (Author). Leoni, Atossa. (Added Author).

Summary:

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 5
830 Lexile.
System Details Note:
Requires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
Subject:
Historical Fiction.
Literature.
Fiction.

Accessibility Features

LDR 03404nim a2200445Ka 4500
00114193303
003CARDINAL
006m h
007cr una---
007sz usn nn ed
008140826s2007 nyu o 000 1 eng d
020 . ‡a9780743567619 ‡q(sound recording)
037 . ‡a12EE24A6-D9DC-4489-8CC7-BBEA7D94F063 ‡bOverDrive, Inc. ‡nhttp://www.overdrive.com
040 . ‡aTEFOD ‡cTEFOD
020 . ‡a9780743567602 ‡q(sound recording)
037 . ‡aF1936FC5-B35F-4C10-8072-85B11512E693 ‡bOverDrive, Inc. ‡nhttp://www.overdrive.com
1001 . ‡aHosseini, Khaled. ‡0(CARDINAL)458681
24512. ‡aA thousand splendid suns ‡h[electronic resource] : ‡bA novel. ‡cKhaled Hosseini.
250 . ‡aUnabridged.
264 1. ‡aNew York : ‡bSimon & Schuster Audio, ‡c2007.
300 . ‡a1 online resource (11 audio files) : ‡bdigital
306 . ‡a11:43:54
336 . ‡aspoken word ‡bspw ‡2rdacontent
337 . ‡aaudio ‡bs ‡2rdamedia
337 . ‡acomputer ‡bc ‡2rdamedia
338 . ‡aonline resource ‡bcr ‡2rdacarrier
347 . ‡aaudio file ‡2rda
500 . ‡aUnabridged.
5110 . ‡aNarrator: Atossa Leoni.
520 . ‡aAfter 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.
5210 . ‡aText Difficulty 4 - Text Difficulty 5
5218 . ‡a830 ‡bLexile.
538 . ‡aRequires the Libby app or a modern web browser.
650 7. ‡aHistorical Fiction. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)241273
650 7. ‡aLiterature. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)244606
65017. ‡aFiction. ‡2OverDrive ‡0(CARDINAL)238499
7001 . ‡aLeoni, Atossa.
85640. ‡uhttp://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=867&titleID=143481 ‡zClick for more information. ‡7einc ‡9BHM ‡9BLADEN ‡9BRASWELL ‡9BROWN ‡9BURKE ‡9CASWELL ‡9CLEVELAND ‡9DAVIE ‡9FARMVILLE ‡9FRANKLIN ‡9GRANVILLE ‡9HARNETT ‡9LEE ‡9MADISON ‡9MAUNEY ‡9NANTAHALA ‡9PERRY ‡9PERSON ‡9SAMPSON ‡9SCOTLAND ‡9STANLY ‡yClick for online content. ‡9ROBESON ‡9TRV ‡9CAMDEN ‡9CURRITUCK ‡9DARE ‡9JACKSON ‡9PASQUOTANK
85640. ‡uhttp://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=867&titleID=143480 ‡zClick for more information. ‡7einc ‡9BHM ‡9BLADEN ‡9BRASWELL ‡9BROWN ‡9BURKE ‡9CASWELL ‡9CLEVELAND ‡9DAVIE ‡9FARMVILLE ‡9FRANKLIN ‡9GRANVILLE ‡9HARNETT ‡9LEE ‡9MADISON ‡9MAUNEY ‡9NANTAHALA ‡9PERRY ‡9PERSON ‡9SAMPSON ‡9SCOTLAND ‡9STANLY ‡yClick for online content. ‡9ROBESON ‡9TRV ‡9CAMDEN ‡9CURRITUCK ‡9DARE ‡9JACKSON ‡9PASQUOTANK
901 . ‡a14193303 ‡beinc-script 2a19cb39b8fcd758f293ca1b4fdb86e4c0091c7e 325a76fa23a8e5c213bc58f11f4846d12cca6b6f ‡c14193303 ‡tbiblio ‡selectronic