num_pages: 372
description: A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. It is his second, following his bestselling 2003 debut, The Kite Runner. The book, which spans a period of over 40 years, from the 1960s to 2003, focuses on the tumultuous lives and relationship of Mariam and Laila, two Afghan women. Mariam, an illegitimate child, suffers from the stigma surrounding her birth and the abuse she faces throughout her marriage. Laila, born a generation later, is comparatively privileged during her youth until their lives intersect and she is also forced to accept a marriage proposal from Rasheed, Mariam's husband.
language: English
title: A Thousand Splendid Suns
titlecomplete: A Thousand Splendid Suns
characters: Tariq, Mariam, Rasheed, Laila
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Drama, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 1470867
places: Herat, Afghanistan, Kabul
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: British Book Award
category: Best Read of the Year, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Adult Fiction, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1293868800000
name: Lincoln Award
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing