Tisuću žarkih sunaca
Khaled Hosseini's long-awaited second novel, "A Thousand Blazing Suns", tells the story of a thirty-year friendship between two women who suffered untold loss and suffering through decades of war-torn Afghan history.
"A Thousand Burning Suns" is a portrait of a wounded country and a deeply moving story about family and friendship.
Marjam is only fifteen years old when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rashid, who is thirty years older. Almost two decades later, in a country that is rapidly sinking into ruin, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Lejla, who has to leave her home and join Marjama's unfortunate household. Lejla and Marjam will find comfort in each other, their friendship will become unbreakable and as strong as that of relatives.
As time passes, the Taliban come to power in Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul echo with gunfire and bombs, and life turns into a desperate struggle against hunger, cruelty and fear. The perseverance of the two women encounters temptations that they could not foresee even in their worst nightmares.
One copy is available
