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    Khaled Hosseini's 2007 novel A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the lives of Mariam and Laila, two women whose lives intersect in Kabul, Afghanistan over several decades. Mariam is forced into an abusive marriage to a shoemaker after a family tragedy, while Laila grows up relatively privileged but also enters the marriage after her own family issues. The novel examines the roles of women in Afghan society and continues Hosseini's themes of family dynamics seen in his previous work The Kite Runner, but with a focus on female characters. It was well received by critics and spent 15 weeks as a New York Times bestseller.

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    Khaled Hosseini's 2007 novel A Thousand Splendid Suns follows the lives of Mariam and Laila, two women whose lives intersect in Kabul, Afghanistan over several decades. Mariam is forced into an abusive marriage to a shoemaker after a family tragedy, while Laila grows up relatively privileged but also enters the marriage after her own family issues. The novel examines the roles of women in Afghan society and continues Hosseini's themes of family dynamics seen in his previous work The Kite Runner, but with a focus on female characters. It was well received by critics and spent 15 weeks as a New York Times bestseller.

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    A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by


    Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini,
    following the huge success of his bestselling
    2003 debut The Kite Runner. Mariam, an
    illegitimate teenager from Herat, is forced to
    marry a shoemaker from Kabul after a family
    tragedy. Laila, born a generation later, lives a
    relatively privileged life, but her life intersects
    with Mariam's when a similar tragedy forces her
    to accept a marriage proposal from Mariam's
    husband.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns

    First edition cover

    Author Khaled Hosseini

    Country United States

    Language English

    Genre Novel

    Publisher Riverhead Books (and


    Simon & Schuster
    audio CD)

    Publication date May 22, 2007

    Media type Print (hardback &


    paperback) and audio
    CD

    Pages 384 pp (first edition,


    hardcover)

    ISBN 978-1-59448-950-1
    (first edition,
    hardcover)

    OCLC 85783363

    Dewey Decimal 813/.6 22

    LC Class PS3608.O832 T56


    2007

    Preceded by Kites in the sky

    Followed by And the mountains


    spoke

    Hosseini has remarked that he regards the novel


    as a "mother-daughter story" in contrast to The
    Kite Runner, which he considers a "father-son
    story".[1] It continues some of the themes used in
    his previous work, such as familial dynamics, but
    instead focusing primarily on female characters
    and their roles in contemporary Afghan society.

    A Thousand Splendid Suns was released on May


    22, 2007,[2] and received favorable widespread
    critical acclaim from Kirkus Reviews,[3]
    Publishers Weekly,[4] Library Journal,[5] and
    Booklist,[6] and became a number one New York
    Times Best Seller for fifteen weeks following its
    release.[7] During its first week on sale, it sold
    over one million copies.[8] Columbia Pictures
    purchased film rights in 2007, and a theatrical
    adaptation of the book premiered on February 1,
    2017, at the American Conservatory Theater in
    San Francisco, California.[9]

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