A Thousand Splendid Suns
11 hrs. 13 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Khaled Hosseini
Author
Khaled Hosseini
Narrator
Tatyana Markacheva
Narrator
Tatyana Markacheva
Description
“A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini is the second novel by today’s most famous contemporary Afghan author. The book was published in 2007 and immediately became a worldwide bestseller. And that’s not surprising, because its theme is love: forbidden, secret, and great. For Western readers, this book about the Middle East showed a world not “distant and wild,” as it is often portrayed, but truly close.
At the center of the novel are two women who became victims of upheavals that destroyed idyllic Afghanistan. Mariam is the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy businessman; from childhood she knew what misfortune is and from an early age felt her own doom. Leila, in contrast, is the beloved daughter in a close-knit family, dreaming of an interesting and beautiful life. Between them there is nothing in common: they live in different worlds that were not meant to cross—unless the fiery onslaught of war intervenes. From now on, Leila and Mariam are bound by the tightest ties—and they themselves don’t even know who they are to each other: enemies, friends, or sisters?
At the center of the novel are two women who became victims of upheavals that destroyed idyllic Afghanistan. Mariam is the illegitimate daughter of a wealthy businessman; from childhood she knew what misfortune is and from an early age felt her own doom. Leila, in contrast, is the beloved daughter in a close-knit family, dreaming of an interesting and beautiful life. Between them there is nothing in common: they live in different worlds that were not meant to cross—unless the fiery onslaught of war intervenes. From now on, Leila and Mariam are bound by the tightest ties—and they themselves don’t even know who they are to each other: enemies, friends, or sisters?
