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Afghan american novelist khaled hosseini discusses a thousand splendid suns, the followup to his bestseller, the kite runner. Khaled hosseini books list of books by author khaled hosseini. It should be compared favorably to such legendary russian novels like war and peace and doctor zhivago. There are women characters in the kite runner, but i wouldnt describe any of them as major characters, he says. Kite runner author khaled hosseinis next book tackles syrian refugee crisis.
He is the author of the new york times bestsellers the kite runner, a thousand. Remember the heartbreaking image of the dead 3yearold boy washed up on a beach. He is the author of the new york times bestsellers the kite runner, a thousand splendid suns, and and the mountains echoed. A thousand splendid suns by khaled housseini book summary. Khaled hosseini s a thousand splendid suns stood poised for overwhelming success even before its publication last week. Khaled hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that. A thousand splendid suns by khaled hosseini, paperback barnes.
The new book is another searing epic of afghanistan in. Lisa see of the new york times attributed the books success to hosseini understanding the power of emotion as few other popular writers do. Author interview khaled hosseini, author of a thousand. This upcoming novel is written in a form of letter and tells a story of father sons life in syria before and after the war.
After the unexpected success of his first novel, the kite runner, khaled hosseini decided to focus his second book on a part of afghan society often obscured from public view its women. Theres no question that khaled hosseini merits the term publishing phenomenon. The authors first novel the kite runner sold more than three million copies worldwide, was published in forty countries, and the movie version is scheduled for release in november. Just as good, if not better, than hosseinis bestselling first book, the. Khaled hosseinis new book, the followup to the kite runner, the bestselling novel about afghanistan, is called a thousand splendid suns.
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