"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."-- Provided by Amazon
"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."-- Provided by Amazon
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Contemporary Afghan-American fiction gained widespread attention through detailed depictions of Afghan society, culture, and history in the best-selling novel The Kite Runner. Written by Khaled Hosseini, this debut work introduced global audiences to life in Kabul prior to and during decades of political upheaval, framing complex historical shifts through personal narratives of family, guilt, and redemption.
Following his debut, Hosseini expanded his focus on Afghan history and human resilience in subsequent works such as A Thousand Splendid Suns, building a body of literature centered on family bonds, political displacement, and humanitarian concerns.
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965, where his mother taught Farsi and history and his father served as a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry. In 1970, Hosseini and his family moved to Tehran, Iran, where his father worked for the Afghan Embassy. The family returned to Kabul in 1973 before relocating to Paris, France, in 1976 for another diplomatic assignment. They were unable to return to Afghanistan due to the Saur Revolution and political turmoil. In 1980, the family sought political asylum in the United States and settled in San Jose, California.
Hosseini graduated from Independence High School in San Jose in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University, earning a bachelor's degree in biology in 1988. He then attended the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he earned his M.D. in 1993. Hosseini completed his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in 1996 and practiced medicine for over ten years, stepping away a year and a half after the publication of The Kite Runner in 2003. Hosseini serves as a Goodwill Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and provides humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through the Khaled Hosseini Foundation. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Roya, and their two children, Harris and Farah.
Hosseini's narrative approach combines intimate domestic dramas with dramatic historical events, drawing on Afghan culture and traditions such as kite fighting. His writing frequently examines themes of moral failure, personal redemption, parental sacrifice, and the enduring impact of war and exile on families.
A central element of Hosseini's work is the portrayal of Afghan protagonists across multiple generations. By depicting life in pre-war Kabul alongside the hardships under changing regimes and foreign interventions, his novels highlight the resilience of individuals—particularly women and refugees—navigating conflict and displacement.
2 books in catalog
Contemporary Afghan-American fiction gained widespread attention through detailed depictions of Afghan society, culture, and history in the best-selling novel The Kite Runner. Written by Khaled Hosseini, this debut work introduced global audiences to life in Kabul prior to and during decades of political upheaval, framing complex historical shifts through personal narratives of family, guilt, and redemption.
Following his debut, Hosseini expanded his focus on Afghan history and human resilience in subsequent works such as A Thousand Splendid Suns, building a body of literature centered on family bonds, political displacement, and humanitarian concerns.
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965, where his mother taught Farsi and history and his father served as a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry. In 1970, Hosseini and his family moved to Tehran, Iran, where his father worked for the Afghan Embassy. The family returned to Kabul in 1973 before relocating to Paris, France, in 1976 for another diplomatic assignment. They were unable to return to Afghanistan due to the Saur Revolution and political turmoil. In 1980, the family sought political asylum in the United States and settled in San Jose, California.
Hosseini graduated from Independence High School in San Jose in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University, earning a bachelor's degree in biology in 1988. He then attended the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he earned his M.D. in 1993. Hosseini completed his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in 1996 and practiced medicine for over ten years, stepping away a year and a half after the publication of The Kite Runner in 2003. Hosseini serves as a Goodwill Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and provides humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through the Khaled Hosseini Foundation. He lives in Northern California with his wife, Roya, and their two children, Harris and Farah.
Hosseini's narrative approach combines intimate domestic dramas with dramatic historical events, drawing on Afghan culture and traditions such as kite fighting. His writing frequently examines themes of moral failure, personal redemption, parental sacrifice, and the enduring impact of war and exile on families.
A central element of Hosseini's work is the portrayal of Afghan protagonists across multiple generations. By depicting life in pre-war Kabul alongside the hardships under changing regimes and foreign interventions, his novels highlight the resilience of individuals—particularly women and refugees—navigating conflict and displacement.
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