About the book
Khaled Hosseini followed The Kite Runner with a novel he regards as a mother-daughter story, set across decades of Afghan history. After a family tragedy, Mariam, born illegitimate and still a teenager in Herat, is made to marry a shoemaker from Kabul. Laila, born a generation later, grows up in relative privilege. The novel follows how war, loss and fate bring the two women together. The title comes from an English translation of a 17th-century poem titled Kabul by the Iranian poet Saib Tabrizi, and a stage adaptation premiered in San Francisco in 2017.
Dua Lipa first read it just after the Taliban's return in 2021, and said it is a reminder of why solidarity with Afghan women matters now more than ever.
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I first read A Thousand Splendid Suns just after the return of the Taliban in 2021 when Afghanistan dominated headlines around the world. If we need any reminder of why we should stand in solidarity with Afghan women now more than ever, this book is surely it.
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