Description
| Product ID: | 9789992194065 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| Authors: | Author: Khaled Hosseini |
| Page Count: | 544 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation, Fiction in translation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A riveting and powerful story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship and an indestructible love Text in Arabic. Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. The sense of longing evoked in Khaled Hosseinis novel is compelling and universal: the passionate search for love, family, home, acceptance, a healthy society, and a promising future, regardless of the obstacles. This novel transcends boundaries and illuminates the people and culture of a region that has been reluctantly thrust into the international spotlight. |
| Imprint Name: | Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2013-03-14 |