A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini - review 'This is one of those books that truly move you, pulling on your heartstrings until you bawl like a child' ThePinkElephant. Learn more about Hosseini’s life and career.

“Back there so much is happening, a lot of it good. Many women are mistreated throughout the novel, but Mariam’s childhood is much tougher because she is a harami, or “bastard child”. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini.It is his second, following his bestselling 2003 debut, The Kite Runner.Mariam is an illegitimate child, and suffers from both the stigma surrounding her birth along with the abuse she faces throughout her marriage.

This book was set in Afghanistan from the early 1960s to the early 2000s.

They have come to the decision to leave Kabul and escape to Pakistan where they are hoping to find refuge and possibly reunite with Laila’s childhood … Mariam tries to find emotional and physical shelter in her lifetime, […] I want to do something. Following the success of The Kite Runner, Hosseini offers a female narrative of life in Afghanistan through the stories of Mariam and Laila. “An heirloom-breaking, clumsy little harami” (Hosseini 4), sets the tone for the beginning of Mariam’s life throughout the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns. I want to contribute” (390). Laila and her parents are packing. Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-born American novelist who was known for his vivid depictions of Afghanistan, most notable in The Kite Runner (2003).

Laila, another of the central characters of A Thousand Splendid Suns, would never blame herself for other people’s actions. A Thousand Splendid Suns focuses on the lives of two women in war torn Afghanistan beginning in 1992. His other books included A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), And the Mountains Echoed (2013), and Sea Prayer (2018). A Thousand Splendid Suns is such a good book of family and love from violence to hugs. She grew up with a much more privileged lifestyle than Mariam does, a lifestyle which impacted her response to oppression. Throughout Laila’s childhood, her parents, especially her father, encouraged her education.

A theme that permeates the novel is solidarity between two women who are able to empathise with one another. One of the main characters, Mariam, lives in Herat, a small town in Afghanistan.Some other main characters are Laila, Rasheed and Tariq. Set in Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a story of tragedy, loss, war and hope.