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Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home and family in war-torn Kabul, losses incurred over the course of thirty years that test the limits of their strength and courage.
Media reviews
Hosseini doesn’t seem entirely comfortable writing about the inner lives of women and often resorts to stock phrases. Yet Hosseini succeeds in carrying readers along because he understands the power of emotion as few other popular writers do.
Anyone whose heart strings were pulled by Khaled Hosseini's first, hugely successful novel, The Kite Runner, should be more than satisfied with this follow-up. Hosseini is skilled at telling a certain kind of story, in which events that may seem unbearable - violence, misery and abuse - are made
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Vi følger to afghanske kvinners liv gjennom tre tiår med krig og Talibans tyranni. Mariam er en harami – uekte datter av en rik forretningsmann. Laila en oppvakt og moderne jente fra Kabul.
Gjennom skjebnens luner forenes deres veier, og de blir allierte i kamp mot en brutal ektemann og
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et krigersk, kvinneundertrykkende samfunn.
Hosseini gir en brutal, men nyansert beskrivelse av den patriarkalske despotismen som gjør kvinner avhengige av fedre, ektemenn og sønner. Men tross all sorg og urettferdighet, vold og fattigdom, mord og henrettelser, løfter Hosseini og hans kvinnelige hovedpersoner leseren med seg videre og nekter oss å gi opp håpet.
"Nok en kunstnerisk triumf og garantert bestselger fra denne fryktløse forfatteren."
Kirkus Review
"I tilfelle du skulle lure på om Khaled Hosseinis Tusen strålende soler er like god som Drageløperen er svaret: Nei. Den er bedre."
Washington Post
"En uimotståelig beretning."
NRK Kulturnytt
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Awards
Dublin Literary Award (Longlist — 2009)
Eliot Rosewater Indiana High School Book Award (Nominee — 2010)
Indies Choice Book Award (Winner — Adult Fiction — 2008)
British Book Award (Winner — 2008)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2011)
Independent Booksellers' Book Prize (Shortlist — 2009)
Florida Teens Read Award (Nominee — 2009)
Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (Shortlist — 2007)
Georgia Peach Book Award for Teen Readers (Nominee — 2009)
Sainsbury's Popular Fiction Award (Winner — 2008)
Booklist Editor's Choice: Adult Books (Fiction — 2007)
San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year (Fiction — 2007)
Whitcoulls Top 100 Books (36 — 2010)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 2008)
Around the world in 80 books (Afghanistan)
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Original publication date
2007