A Thousand Splendid Suns

War Literature

None

1st

Third Person

Fiction

384

51

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Mariam, an illegitimate teenager from Herat, is forced into marriage with Rasheed, a much older shoemaker in Kabul, after a family tragedy.

Years later, Laila—born a generation after Mariam—grows up in Kabul with hopes of a different life, until war and loss upend everything and bring her into Mariam’s household.

As Afghanistan endures decades of upheaval, the two women face escalating danger both inside their home and in the streets of Kabul. In the midst of brutality, deprivation, and oppression, they form a profound bond—at once sisterly and mother-daughter—that transforms them.

Their intertwined lives become a story of family, friendship, faith, endurance, and the self-sacrificing power of love to sustain survival and shape the next generation.

Riverhead Books

9781594489518

United States

2007-05-22

2007

85783363

English

~101,38 RON

2026-01-05

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