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A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini - Audio Book NEW CD
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A Thousand Splendid Suns -
Khaled Hosseini
Author of The Kite Runner - Read by
Atossa Leoni
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A Thousand Splendid Suns -
Khaled Hosseini - Audio Book -CD
Brand New (still shrink wrapped):
Unabridged 11CDs 12 Hours
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 The Kite Runner 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.
About the Author: Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul,
Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign
Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and History at a large high school in
Kabul. In 1976, the Afghan Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to
Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then Afghanistan had
already witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet army.
The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States. In
September of 1980, Hosseini's family moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini
graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University where
he earned a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1988. The following year, he
entered the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine, where he
earned a Medical Degree in 1993. He completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai
Hospital in Los Angeles. Hosseini was a practicing internist between 1996 and
2004.
While in medical practice, Hosseini began writing his first novel, The Kite
Runner, in March of 2001. In 2003, The Kite Runner, was published
and has since become an international bestseller, published in 38 countries. In
2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency.
His second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns was published in May of
2007. He lives in northern California.
About the Narrator: Atossa Leoni has been working internationally in
film, television and theater since childhood. Of Afghan and Iranian descent,
she was born and raised in Europe and has been living in California for the
past decade. Atossa played the female lead "Soraya" in Marc Forster's film "The
Kite Runner" based on Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel.
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