Literary Fiction
A Thousand Splendid Suns
2007·384 pages
A haunting tale of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, bound by war and loss, finding strength in love and sacrifice over decades of turmoil.
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A haunting tale of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, bound by war and loss, finding strength in love and sacrifice over decades of turmoil.
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After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today.Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friends...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Brief sexual scenes; not detailed or frequent. Sexual Scenes of coercion and forced marriage; emotionally intense.
Violence & gore
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Moderate violence related to war; disturbing but not overly graphic.
Profanity
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Minimal use of strong language; not pervasive.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQIA+ representation present.
Religious content
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Moderate religious themes tied to Afghan culture and faith.
Magic & witchcraft
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No witchcraft or occult themes present.
Occult / demonology
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No evidence found in available sources.
Political content
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Strong focus on Afghan history, war, and societal oppression.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Graphic domestic violence, child marriage, and systemic suffering. Sexual Scenes of coercion and forced marriage; emotionally intense.
Other
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