More expansive than The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, the novel spans three generations and includes overlapping tales of expatriates and aid workers, parents and children, doctors and drug lords. "-Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "The Kite Runner author's latest is a moving saga about sacrifice, betrayal, and the power of family.
a testament both to his intimate knowledge of their inner lives, and to his power as an old-fashioned storyteller. e finish this novel with an intimate understanding of who his characters are and how they've defined themselves over the years through the choices they have made between duty and freedom, familial responsibilities and independence, loyalty to home and exile abroad. And it shares a similar penchant for mapping terrain midway between the boldly colored world of fable and the more shadowy, shaded world of realism. grapples with many of the same themes that crisscross his early novels: the relationship between parents and children, and the ways the past can haunt the present.
Hosseini's narrative gifts have deepened over the years. Review Quotes " most assured and emotionally gripping story yet. Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe-from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos-the story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations.
Book Synopsis An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else.
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