A Thousand Splendid Suns is Khaled Hosseini's second novel, following is bestselling debut, The Kite Runner. A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the story of Mariam and Laila, two very different women, and the trials of their lives in Afghanistan. Hosseini draws descriptive characters that appeal to your senses, and cause the reader to feel a full range of emotions--remorse, happiness, anger--along with his characters. The main flaw of these women is simply that; they are women, and Hosseini illustrates a poignant betrayl of how injustly this flaw affects their circumstances. Yet the reader is left with the realization that despite fate's fickle finger, the women live remarkable, enduring lives.
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