A Thousand Splendid Suns灿烂千阳

作者简介：
　　KHALEO HOSSEINI was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the United States in I98O. His first novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in forty countries. In zoo6 he was named a U.S. envoy to UNHCR, The United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California. 

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile 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 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 history playing out around them.
　　Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made TheKiteRunner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love--a stunning accomplishment.