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| A Thousand Splendid Suns | 
 enlarge | Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Category: Book
List Price: £16.99
Buy Used: £3.00
You Save: £13.99 (82%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 4572
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0747582793
EAN: 9780747582793
ASIN: 0747582793
Publication Date: May 22, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: minor imperfections to cover FROM UK WAREHOUSE
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fantastic Read March 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Loved it, and have passed it on or bought it for almost all the people I know.
What a load of Kabul February 16, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yes really, it's a book chiefly set in Kabul - oh, and I also wanted to grab your attention. What a wonderful read this is - I actually finished it in two sittings. I won't bother to go into the story as it's already been very competently reviewed by loads of other people. I just want to say, do yourself a huge favour and read this book. Word of warning: Make sure you have a box of man-sized tissues close by and that you're wearing waterproof mascara.
Do yourself a double-favour and get The Book Thief by Markus Zusak at the same time. Life-changing reads.
Just had to write something! February 11, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I finished this book about a week ago and i've been unable to pick up anything else since. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a beautiful and tragic tale of two women in Afghanistan. It is wonderfully written and the story stays with you long after you've finished. So much so that i don't want to defile the thoughts i've been left with by reading anything else! There's also a part of me that thinks nothing else will measure up.
Very different to The Kite Runner but in a lot of ways i liked A Thousand Splendid Suns better. A lot of the events related or mentioned in the book are recent occurances which everyone is familiar with. I think this adds definite poignancy as it makes you realise that the things these women dealt with, the way they lived isn't just fiction as millions are going through the same things in real life right now.
Very highly recommended.
Best read of 2008! January 31, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
After enjoying 'The Kite Runner' I was a little uncertain as to how this would measure up - but it did in every way; it's one of the most haunting, moving and gripping books I've read to date. The Afghanistan atrocities portrayed leave the mind reeling and questioning how such barbaric things can happen in this day and age. The shocking reality, that we become numb to through media saturation, truly makes you re-evaluate how lucky we are for to have the things in life we take for granted. Read it and weep - literally!
A harrowing tale of unimaginable suffering January 22, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is quite simply amazing. I really don't think that the comments on the back prepare you for what is inside. We are told of an unhappy household which Laila comes to join. I think this is a slight understatement. What Laila and Mariam suffer is quite simply unimaginable as desperate and horrific events unfold one after the other and one can only be amazed at the strength of their human spirit to keep going. Without giving anything away, suffering just one of the things that these incredible women suffer would be enough to sleigh most individual's will.
It is a wonderful story and I'm so glad I read it.
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