title: A Thousand Splendid Suns: A Novel
author:  Khaled Hosseini 
description: Atossa Leoni, who is German-born of Afghan ancestry, was clearly chosen because she can pronounce all the Afghan wordsa big plus, but it's the only plus in this bad reading. Dropping her voice on the last word of every sentence, her phrasing is regularly rendered ungrammatical by breaks at the wrong points. Her narrow vocal range makes for a dull and often difficult listening experience. Despite the reader, the book holds the listener thanks to Hosseini's riveting storyan in-depth exploration of Afghan society in the three decades of anti-Soviet jihad, civil war and Taliban cruelty. He impels us to empathize with and admire those most victimized by Afghan history and culturewomen. Mariam, a 15-year-old bastard whose mother commits suicide, is married off to 40-year-old Rasheed, who abuses her brutally, especially after she has several miscarriages. At 60, Rasheed takes in 14-year-old Laila, whose parents were blown up by stray bombs. He soon turns violent with her. Although Laila is united with her childhood beloved, the potential return of the Taliban always shadows their happiness. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  # [Copyright](toc.xhtml#toc-copyright)
  
  
  SPICE AND WOLF, Volume 16: The Coin of the Sun II
  
  
  ISUNA HASEKURA
  
  
  Cover art by Jyuu Ayakura
  
  
  Translation by Jeremiah Bourque
  
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is
  coincidental.
  
  
  OOKAMI TO KOSHINRYO Vol. 16
  
  
  ©ISUNA HASEKURA 2011
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Edited by ASCII MEDIA WORKS
  
  
  First published in 2011 by KADOKAWA CORPORATION, Tokyo.
  
  
  English translation rights in USA, Canada, and UK arranged