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In 2003, The Kite Runner, was published and has since become an international bestseller, published in 70 countries. In 2006 he was named a goodwill envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. His second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns was published in May of 2007. Currently, A Thousand Splendid Suns is published in 60 countries. Khaled Hosseini has a strong relationship with his home country, Afghanistan. Hosseini has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through The Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The concept for The Khaled Hosseini Foundation was inspired by a trip to Afghanistan he made in 2007 with the UNHCR. Despite his love for his home country Hosseini lives in northern California with his wife and
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Dishonored as a child, she was forced to live in a clay kolba with her mother. Married off at the young age of 14, her story begins with the life style of an abusive husband. Laila, on the other hand, was raised in a family were female education was pursued and girls were aloud to attend school. Laila’s Father is a very loving man and a determined mother. These two lives help represent the different generations and situations that have happened and are happening right now in Afghanistan. The book A Thousand Splendid Suns is a great impact on society today because of its raw intensity and descriptive realistic …show more content…
A Thousand Splendid Suns is not so clearly autobiographical as The Kite Runner; however, one cannot help but imagine that these two remarkable women are drawn from life, that their revealed lives reflect the lives of thousands of Afghani women who have endured despite the odds. Hosseini has said, "I would like readers to walk away with a sense of empathy for Afghans, and more specifically for Afghan women, on whom the effects of war and extremism have been devastating." Both novels, he says, were love stories. Where as The Kite Runner featured fraternal love, A Thousand Splendid Suns shows how "love manifests itself in even more various shapes, be it romantic love, . . . or love for family, home, country, God. I think. . . it is ultimately love that draws characters out of their isolation, that gives them the strength to transcend their own limitations, to expose their vulnerabilities, and to perform devastating acts of
Dishonored as a child, she was forced to live in a clay kolba with her mother. Married off at the young age of 14, her story begins with the life style of an abusive husband. Laila, on the other hand, was raised in a family were female education was pursued and girls were aloud to attend school. Laila’s Father is a very loving man and a determined mother. These two lives help represent the different generations and situations that have happened and are happening right now in Afghanistan. The book A Thousand Splendid Suns is a great impact on society today because of its raw intensity and descriptive realistic …show more content…
A Thousand Splendid Suns is not so clearly autobiographical as The Kite Runner; however, one cannot help but imagine that these two remarkable women are drawn from life, that their revealed lives reflect the lives of thousands of Afghani women who have endured despite the odds. Hosseini has said, "I would like readers to walk away with a sense of empathy for Afghans, and more specifically for Afghan women, on whom the effects of war and extremism have been devastating." Both novels, he says, were love stories. Where as The Kite Runner featured fraternal love, A Thousand Splendid Suns shows how "love manifests itself in even more various shapes, be it romantic love, . . . or love for family, home, country, God. I think. . . it is ultimately love that draws characters out of their isolation, that gives them the strength to transcend their own limitations, to expose their vulnerabilities, and to perform devastating acts of