Genre
Historical literary fiction
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A moving novel about women holding one another through history.
Details
Subgenre
Women's friendship and survival novel
Original publication
22 May 2007
Original publisher
Riverhead Books
Pages
432
Format
Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions
Language
English
Setting
Afghanistan from the 1960s onward
ISBN
9781594483851
Original title
A Thousand Splendid Suns
About the book
Mariam and Laila endure war, domestic violence and loss while building a bond that changes what survival means.
A strong match for readers asking for women's lives, Afghanistan, friendship, endurance, family pain and historical sweep.
Hosseini centers private domestic life within decades of Afghan political upheaval.
It suits readers wanting emotional contemporary fiction with history, friendship and survival at its core.
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