A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS
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TextPublisher: London Bloomsbury 2007Description: 419pISBN: 9781408844441Subject(s): English literature | Fiction | English novel | Afghanistan | Loss (Psychology) DDC classification: 813.6 HOS/A Summary: A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph
'A triumph' Financial Times
'Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday
'Deeply moving' Sunday Times
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.
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| Books | MES LIBRARY, PONNANI | ENGLISH | 813.6 HOS/A (Browse shelf) | Checked out to MUBASHERA BEEGAM (11342) | 23/06/2025 | 37754 |
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| 813.52 KAW/F FAULKNER AND FILM | 813.54 COB/TE TELL NO ONE | 813.54 MOR/P PLAYING IN THE DARK | 813.6 HOS/A A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS | 813.6 HOS/AN AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED | 817 LEW/BE THE BEST JOKES OF ALL TIME AND HOW TO TELL THEM | 820 FIFTEEN POETS |
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A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph
'A triumph' Financial Times
'Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday
'Deeply moving' Sunday Times
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism.
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