A Thousand Splendid Suns-灿烂千阳

作者：Khaled Hosseini

书名：A Thousand Splendid Suns《灿烂千阳》

中文简介：《灿烂千阳》（英语：A Thousand Splendid Suns）由卡勒德·胡赛尼所作的第二本小说。15岁的玛黎安与母亲娜娜相依为命住在山区简陋的小屋，她是女佣娜娜和富商扎里勒的私生女。玛黎安最大的心愿就是和父亲一起看电影过生日，没想到母亲自杀后，自己被迫嫁给一位喀布尔40岁的鳏夫鞋商拉希德。20年后，出身中产家庭、受过良好教养的15岁少女莱拉全家打算离开喀布尔。就在离开的前夕，火箭弹击中了她与家人乘坐的汽车，父母双亡，她被拉希德救回家，为求生存不得不嫁给玛黎安性情乖戾的丈夫。

英文简介：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.