Audio Book Description:
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS is a breathtaking story set against the volatile eventsof Afghanistan`s last thirty years-from the Soviet invasionto the reign of the Taliban to post-Taliban rebuilding-that puts the violence, fear,hope and faith of this countryin intimate, human terms. It isa tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep ofwar, where personal lives-the struggle to survive, raisea family, find happiness-are inextricable from the history playing out around them.