A Thousand Splendid Suns

Zusatztext Hosseini has done it again . A Thousand Splendid Suns is a triumph. In Khaled Hosseini! Afghanistan has at last found a voice Informationen zum Autor Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved authors. His novels The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed have sold over 55 million copies all over the world. Hosseini is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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....

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Khaled Hosseini, Hosseini Khaled
• Editore: Bloomsbury
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9781526604750
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-0475-0
• Pagine: 432
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Serie: Wolf Brother; Bloomsbury Publishing
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Afghanistan, FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Women, FICTION / Literary, Kabul, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Migration, immigration & emigration, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, FICTION / World Literature / Middle East / General, FICTION / Muslim, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples