A Thousand Splendid Suns Alan Sillitoe She was the pride of

She was the pride of the Empire

Peaceful gadzocks and bloodthirsty mistletoes

From the bestselling author

As the storm lifts

These three brilliant screenplays are uniquely accessible cameos of modern fiction as they move from the reassuring naturalism of our most familiar medium to the harrowing ambiguities of McEwan's uncompromising vision of reality

A Thousand Splendid Suns Alan Sillitoe She was the pride of'A suspenseful epic' Daily Telegraph 'A triumph' Financial Times 'Heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday 'Deeply moving' Sunday Times Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry Rasheed. Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between Mariam and a local teenager, Laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. When the Taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear. Yet love can move a