A Thousand Splendid Suns
My Review
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afganistan's last thirty years - from the soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding - that puts the violence, fear, hope and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives - the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness - are inextricable from the his...

A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - My Review
A Thousand Splendid Suns is mainly about the bleak situation for women in Afghanistan and tells the story of two women married to the same brutal man. They did not have any choice but were pushed into forced marriage, and they seemingly had no option but to submit to his cruelty, with devastating results. Another thread is a love story, with all the difficulties of living in a faction-torn city, Kabul. Khaled Husseini is a very sensitive, poetic writer, and this book is a masterpiece and mo...

Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini, Author of "The Kite Runner"
Khaled Hosseini is the masterful writer of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." Born in Afghanistan, the physician-turned-author made it to the New York Times bestseller list with his first novel, "The Kite Runner," which was turned into a full-length movie that is now available on DVD.

Khaled Hosseini
Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-American author and physician. His first book 'The Kite Runner' immediately hit the New York Times Bestseller List. Also his second book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' is headed for the charts. His books are also availalbe as downloadable audio books online: Khaled Hosseini MP3 Audio Books Downloads Online  

The Kite Runner
My Review
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is one of the best books I have read in years. This is a page turner with complex characters and situations that will make you think hard about friendship, good and evil, betrayal, and redemption. It is intense and contains some graphic scenes; however, it is not gratuitous. A great book by many measures.