A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini returns to his readers with a delicate, exciting, and captivating novel that confirms his status as one of the most important writers of our time. The amazing innate storytelling ability that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic is found once again in A Thousand Splendid Suns, which brilliantly explores thirty years of Afghan history through a moving story of family, friendship, faith, and love.
Maryam and Laila are two women from different generations, each with their own ideas of love and family, brought together by war and loss in the same house. As the dangers that threaten them increase—in their home as well as on the streets of Kabul—their differences subside, and a bond of sisterhood is forged between them that changes the course of their lives and opens doors to the future for the next generation.
In this novel, Hosseini showcases the heroism and sacrifices women make to protect their families. He reveals how love, and sometimes the mere memory of it, is what keeps us alive. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a new literary achievement. It is a story about unforgiving time, about friendship that emerges after a feud, and about love that endures the harshest of winds.