A Thousand Splendid Suns

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" er Khaled Hosseinis internationale bestseller om krig, venskab og kvindefrigørelse i Afghanistan. I "A Thousand Splendid Suns" møder vi Mariam, der som 15-årig bliver sendt til Kabul for at blive gift med Rasheed. Næsten to årtier senere bliver Mariam venner med den lokale teenager Laila, og deres bånd bliver så stærkt som båndet mellem en mor og datter. Da Taleban tager magten i landet, bliver afghanernes liv en konstant kamp mod sult, brutalitet og frygt. Men kærlighedens stærke kraft kan få folk til at opføre sig på de mærkeligste måder og give dem styrke til at gøre ting, de aldrig havde troet var mulige. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" er en medrivende og ubarmhjertig fortælling om livet i en krigszone, og hvordan mennesket formår at finde lyspunkter i selv de mørkeste tider. "A Thousand Splendid Suns” er Khaled Hosseinis anden bog. Han har bl.a. også skrevet den anmelderroste roman "Drageløberen”.

"A Thousand Splendid Suns" er Khaled Hosseinis internationale bestseller om krig, venskab og kvindefrigørelse i Afghanistan. I "A Thousand Splendid Suns" møder vi Mariam, der som 15-årig bliver sendt til Kabul for at blive gift med Rasheed. Næsten to årtier senere bliver Mariam venner med den lokale teenager Laila, og deres bånd bliver så stærkt som båndet mellem en mor og datter. Da Taleban tager magten i landet, bliver afghanernes liv en konstant kamp mod sult, brutalitet og frygt. Men kærlighedens stærke kraft kan få folk til at opføre sig på de mærkeligste måder og give dem styrke til at gøre ting, de aldrig havde troet var mulige. "A Thousand Splendid Suns" er en medrivende og ubarmhjertig fortælling om livet i en krigszone, og hvordan mennesket formår at finde lyspunkter i selv de mørkeste tider. "A Thousand Splendid Suns” er Khaled Hosseinis anden bog. Han har bl.a. også skrevet den anmelderroste roman "Drageløberen”.

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul--they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.

After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul--they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.

THE RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘A suspenseful epic’ Daily Telegraph ‘A triumph’ Financial Times ‘Heartbreaking’ Mail on Sunday ‘Deeply moving’ Sunday Times 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 RICHARD & JUDY NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER ‘A suspenseful epic’ Daily Telegraph ‘A triumph’ Financial Times ‘Heartbreaking’ Mail on Sunday ‘Deeply moving’ Sunday Times 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.