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Two women in Afghanistan, born a generation apart, are brought together by war
2007Steady paceMelancholic
What it is about
Mariam grows up as an illegitimate child in a village near Herat. Laila grows up in Kabul as a girl with hopes and a loving father. Decades of war in Afghanistan bring the two women together in a single household, where they have to find a way to survive.
Who will enjoy it
Readers who like emotional, character-driven historical fiction.
What you will get
A moving novel about friendship and endurance. It contains hard scenes of violence.
A Thousand Splendid Suns Facts: Pages, Genre and Setting
Genre
Literary Fiction · Friendship · War · Resilience
Length
372 pages · ≈ 11 h
More about this book
Characters
Mariam and Laila.
Setting
Afghanistan, from the 1960s to the early 2000s.
What makes it different
Two women’s stories told against decades of political change.
Feel
Heartbreaking, powerful and hopeful.
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