Hosseini, Khaled, — A Thousand Splendid Suns.

NY, Riverhead Books, (2007). 14th Printing. VG Hardback in VG DJ. Events of Afghanistan'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 form. A tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of wara - The struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness are inextricably from the history playing out around them.