Herat - Herāt in Fiction

Herāt in Fiction

  • The beginning of Khaled Hosseini's 2007 novel A Thousand Splendid Suns is set in and around Herāt.
  • Salman Rushdie's novel The Enchantress of Florence makes frequent reference to events in Herāt in the Middle Ages.

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