A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller. A deeply moving, gorgeously illustrated short story for people of all ages from the international bestselling author of The Kite Runner, brought to life by Dan Williams's beautiful illustrations
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and
beloved authors. His novels The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid
Suns and And the Mountains Echoed have sold over 55 million copies
all over the world. Hosseini is a Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR,
the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini
Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides
humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born
in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California.
khaledhosseini.com @khaledhosseini
Dan Williams is a London-based artist whose illustrations
accompanied an extract of A Thousand Splendid Suns in the Guardian
when it was first published 15 years ago. His work has also
appeared in National Geographic, Rolling Stone and the Wall Street
Journal, amongst many other publications. dan-williams.net
As moving as any of his novels … For all its brevity packs a
powerful punch
*i*
Dan Williams’s watercolours are a haunting companion to the
contemplative and poetic story … Opens up many powerful emotions
about family, survival and childhood
*Observer*
The book may be brief, but it is beautiful, poetic – a distillation
of his strengths
*Sunday Times*
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