Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home and family in wartorn Kabul, losses incurred over the course of thirty years that test the limits of their strength and courage.

"First published in Great Britain, 2007. Translated in Persian by Mehdi Ghabrai." The novel Hezar Khorshid Taban is a unique history of thirty years of Afghan history and a very influential story about family, friendship, faith and salvation from love. War, loss and destiny connect the lives of the two main characters of the story named Maryam and Leila, with a generation of age gap and completely different ideas about love and family. Simultaneously with enduring the growing dangers around them [both at home and on the streets of Kabul], a sisterly and sometimes even motherly relationship develops between the two. This relationship will change not only the fate of these two women, but also the life of their next generation. Khaled Hosseini, with his suspense and shocking force, shows well how a woman's love for her family can lead her to a heroic and shocking sacrifice, and that ultimately, love or even the memory of love Is the key to hope and survival in difficult situations.