![]() ![]() ![]() The book's perspective then shifts to the younger Laila, who lives with her parents on the same street as Mariam. The Kite Runner recounted the story of two boys, Amir and Hassan, raised in Kabul during the 1960s and 1970s, who share an intense bond until their relationship is severed by Amir's treachery A Thousand Splendid Suns, on the other hand, focuses on the lives of two women, Mariam and Laila, who are from different backgrounds but find themselves trapped in Kabul in the same unhappy household, united by their shared suffering. ![]() And it was the first-ever published work of any kind for its author: rarely do debut writers - especially self-taught ones - find their books selling eight million copies.Ĭlearly the pressure is on for Hosseini's second outing into fiction and his loyal readers won't be disappointed, for in many ways he hasn't ventured far from his familiar literary territory and leitmotifs. It was also touted as the first novel in English by an Afghan writer, albeit one who has lived in the US since 1980. Kite was a genuine word-of-mouth bestseller that generated its own hype after being championed by readers and book clubs, spending 103 weeks on The New York Times bestseller lists and being voted winner of the Penguin/Orange Reading Group Prize in Britain. ![]() Because Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner was such a remarkable achievement, A Thousand Splendid Suns comes with high expectations. ![]()
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