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Title: |
A Thousand Splendid Suns |
Search Result:
| By (author): |
Khaled Hosseini |
| ISBN10-13: |
9992194065 : 9789992194065 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
200x130mm |
| Pages: |
544 |
| Weight: |
.434 Kg. |
| Published: |
Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press - March 2013 |
| List Price: |
9.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 129 |
| Subjects: |
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) : Fiction in translation : Arabic |
| 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. |
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