A Thousand Splendid Suns

Unabridged
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Narrator: Atossa Leoni
Genres: Fiction
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: October 2007
Length: 12 hours
Ratings:
Formats:
  • CD
  • WMA
Abridged
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Narrator: Atossa Leoni
Genres: Fiction
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: October 2007
Length: 6 hours, 28 minutes
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4/5
Formats:
  • CD
  • WMA

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Overview

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 Afghanistan 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.

Selected Reviews

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Sherri
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Thousand Slendid Suns

by Bruce Curson
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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A Thousand Splendid Suns

Written by Sherri on June 7th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This book was a quick read, only five CD's for the abridged version. It is a disturbing but very good story and one that women should share with their friends and daughters.

Thousand Slendid Suns

Written by Bruce Curson on May 24th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Not in the same class as 'The Kite Runner', which was simply excellent, especially since it was narrated by the author. With that said, 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' was a very powerful story that exposed the difficulty of life as a woman in the Middle East. The narration was not read by the author this time; however, it was very good and was easy to follow. Even though this was the abridged version, there were not any apparent gaps in the story line. A worthy listening experience.

Thousand Splendid Suns

Written by Anonymous from Chautauqua, NY on April 17th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

A deeply moving accoung of the lives of women in Afganistan by the same skilled author of Kite Runner. Not a book for the faint of heart. It is almost unimaginable here in the U.S. that women anywhere in the world in our times must face such degradation at the hands of their men and culture. Yet they remain optimistic and stoic during the turmoil. An unpleasant insight into Islam as well.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Written by Susan in NJ from Locust, NJ on April 16th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This author created a beautiful story out of a very sad and tragic piece of Middle Eastern history. As a Westerner, I can only but imagine the strength, energy and resolve the Afghani women need to manage a day, one day at a time. I enjoyed how the other swapped the focus of each character from one chapter to the next.

A thousand Splendid Suns

Written by Elizabeth Manuge from South Ohio RR 1, NS on April 10th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

I found it hard to listen to some of this book. The life she describes is so cruel, inhumane for women. How those girls could carry on and even face death with such acceptance is hard to believe. Its very far from the life we h ave here on this continent. The book is beautifully written and somehow there is hope in everything that happens.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Written by Anonymous from Lakewood, CA on April 7th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I highly recommend this book. I read his previous book The Kite Runner and that one was okay. This book is totally different as it deals with women in Afganistan. It is very enlightening from a historical stand point, but the story stands on its own. It is very moving.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Written by Fred Schwien on April 3rd, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Great character development and a great story. I think Hosseini could make anyone's life seem fascinating!

Great book

Written by Anonymous on March 31st, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I loved this book. Very humbling, very emotional. Great ending!

A Thousand Splended Suns by Hosseini

Written by Diane Needleman on March 25th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

A beautiful story. It makes me grateful to live in the west. Well written and read. Thanks for such a memorable story Diane Needleman

a thousand spendid suns

Written by Anonymous from Council Bluffs, IA on March 10th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

It is very sad that we take all of our liberties for granted living in America and this book really opens your eyes to that. As a woman, I got angry at how the women are treated in Afghanistan, made to cover their bodies while out in public and walk behind their man, beaten, raped, sold to men by their fathers for brides to keep the family name intact or just for a little, very little, money. And we wonder why we're at war with an area of the country like this - Start with the KITE RUNNER and then read this - it explains a lot.

Selected Reviews

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Sherri
  • Book Rating: 5/5

Thousand Slendid Suns

by Bruce Curson
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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