num_pages: 367
description: The present novel “A Thousand Splendid Suns” is the author’s second novel that was published in 2007. It is primarily the story of two women, Mariam and Laila. Mariam happens to be an illegitimate child. She has to suffer from the stigma that surrounded her birth. Not only this, she has to endure abuse throughout her marriage. Laila, the other major character, is born a generation later. She has a privileged youth. Eventually, when their lives intersect, Laila’s fate also changes and she is compelled to accept a marriage proposal given by Mariam’s husband, Rasheed. It is a tale of displacement, attacks, beatings, torture, social injustice, and pitiable condition of women in the contemporary Afghan society.
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