Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780747582977
Edition: Export Ed
ISBN: 0747582971
Label: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: May 22, 2007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Studio: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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Rating: - Fantastic book! Great easy readable story with characters you really care to learn more about.
The book sets a story built around the lives of two women; Laila and Mariam and their lives amidst the war torn Afghanistan. At first I thought the war side of the story may act as a deterrent for a long drawn out novel but it provides an interesting an easily readable backdrop to what eventually turns into a novel of love between Laila and Tariq (her one legged childhood friend, Mariam the other wife to their shared husband Rasheed and Afghanistan.

The text starts with the life of ... Read More

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Rating: - A disappointment after hearing so much praise for this book
I really found this book a struggle to read. The actual story was ok in theory but the style in which it was written does not really appeal to me. My son reccomended it to me, as he had read "the kite runner" and enjoyed it. It was his copy I read, I'm so glad I didnt buy it myself. I may enjoy "the kite runner" more, I hope so. I got the feeling he was writing a film script rather than a novel, it will probably make a better film than a book. I know I am in a minority but this is my honest ... Read More

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Rating: - A Wonderful Reading Experience!
Having just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns I can now put aside any questions I had about Hosseini being able to write a book that can come close to matching the heartwarming and often heartwrenching reading experience he provided in The Kite Runner. A Thousand Splendid Sun is every bit as good as The Kite Runner -- and in many ways is even better! It is an astonishing, powerful book that had me riveted from the first to the last page, and is broader in scope than The Kite Runner. It is a story ... Read More

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Rating: - Heartbreaking and enlightening
Khaled Hosseini is a faultless storyteller and (unlike many modern writers) he has a compelling and heartbreaking story to tell. I found this novel intelligent, insightful, empathetic and enlightening. It is moving without being sentimental.

It also made me ashamed of my own ignorance about (recent) history and so very grateful for the the freedom and equality I enjoy (and take forgranted) as a woman in the the UK.

I have yet to read the Kite Runner but it is certainly ... Read More

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Rating: - Unrequited Love for Afganisthan
A Thousand Splendid Suns, for this slow reader, was finished in three days. Hosseini captured a similar full circle evocative tale as with The Kite Flyer, eyes again opened to an insider's view and memory. How the writer put himself in the role of these two suffering women, competing and then soul-mates, is a feat in itself, presenting their feminine persons and emotions against the tragedy of their present and historical surroundings. The author must respect women very much. With every word I ... Read More

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