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. 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. 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.

The Richard & Judy Number One Bestseller `Magnificent' Mail on Sunday `Gripping' New York Times `A master storyteller' The Times `Epic' Sunday Telegraph Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them.

An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. 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.

Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them.

Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them. .

Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them. .

The first of the defeated kites whirled out of control. They fell from the sky like shooting stars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighbourhood. Amir and Hassan grow up together in Kabul. Amir in the beautiful house his father built, filled with marble, gold, tapestries and mosaics; Hassan in the modest mud hut in the servants' quarters. The two are inseparable, and when twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament, his loyal friend promises to help him. But neither boy can predict what will happen to Hassan that afternoon – as the kites soar over the city – and how it will change their lives forever.

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father, so resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament and prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir. But this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. Neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan on the afternoonof the tournament, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

After more than 189 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list for The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul-they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.

»›Am Abend vor dem Meer‹ ist der Versuch, die Millionen von Familien zu ehren, die auseinandergerissen und gezwungen wurden, ihre Heimat zu verlassen.« Khaled Hosseini Khaled Hosseini, Autor der Weltbestseller »Drachenlaufer«, »Traumsammler« und »Tausend strahlende Sonnen«, hat eine Erzahlung geschaffen, die auf wenigen Seiten die beruhrende Geschichte einer Fluchtlingsfamilie aus Syrien umrei?t. Am 2. September 2015 ertrank Alan Kurdi bei dem Versuch, sich uber das Mittelmeer nach Europa in Sicherheit zu bringen. Er war drei Jahre alt und stammte aus Syrien. Khaled Hosseini war selbst ein Fluchtlingsjunge, der fern von seinem Heimatland Afghanistan aufwuchs. Diese Erfahrung von Trennung und Heimweh pragt die einzigartige emotionale Kraft seiner Bucher und wurde fur ihn schriftstellerischer Antrieb wie gesellschaftspolitischer Auftrag: Seit vielen Jahren unterhalt er eine eigene Stiftung und ist Sonderbotschafter des UNHCR. In »Am Abend vor dem Meer« kommt beides zusammen. Die atmospharisch dichte Erzahlung, eindringlich farbig illustriert von Dan Williams, erzahlt in einem Brief eines Vaters an seinen Sohn vom Abschied von zu Hause und der Gefahr der Uberfahrt auf der Flucht.

Der Weltbestseller in neuer Ausstattung zum Neu- und Wiederentdecken! Afghanistan 1975: Der zwolfjahrige Amir will unbedingt einen Wettbewerb im Drachensteigen gewinnen, um seinem Vater seine Starke zu beweisen. Dazu braucht er die Hilfe von Hassan. Trotz ihrer unterschiedlichen Herkunft verbindet die beiden Jungen eine innige Freundschaft. Bis am Tag des Wettkampfs diese von Amir auf schreckliche Weise verraten wird. Die Wege der beiden trennen sich, wahrend das Land gleichzeitig seiner Zerstorung entgegengeht. Viele Jahre spater kehrt der erwachsene Amir aus dem Ausland in seine Heimatstadt zuruck, um seine Schuld zu tilgen. Doch Kabul hat sich seit damals sehr verandert. Die bewegende Geschichte einer Freundschaft zwischen Liebe und Verrat, Trennung und Wiedergutmachung vor dem Hintergrund der jungsten Vergangenheit Afghanistans. »Ein kleines literarisches Wunder.« Werner Bloch, Die Tageszeitung »Ein gro?es Gleichnis uber Schuld und Suhne und uber die Kunst des Verzeihens.« Stefan Weidner, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Der Nr.1-Spiegel-Bestseller jetzt im Taschenbuch! Millionen Leser haben auf seinen neuen Roman gewartet: In ›Traumsammler‹ erzahlt Khaled Hosseini die bewegende Geschichte zweier Geschwister aus einem kleinen afghanischen Dorf. Pari ist drei Jahre alt, ihr Bruder Abdullah zehn, als der Vater sie auf einem Fu?marsch quer durch die Wuste nach Kabul bringt. Doch am Ende der Reise wartet nicht das Paradies, sondern die herzzerrei?ende Trennung der beiden Geschwister, die ihr Leben fur immer verandern wird. Ein gro?er Roman, der uns einmal um die ganze Welt fuhrt und in seiner emotionalen Intensitat und Erzahlkunst neue Ma?stabe setzt. Fesselnder, reicher, personlicher als je zuvor.