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    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns"
    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns"
    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns"
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    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns"

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    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary Newsmakers for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary Newsmakers for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 20, 2016
    ISBN9781535817394
    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "A Thousand Splendid Suns"

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      A Thousand Splendid Suns

      Khaled Hosseini

      2007

      Introduction

      A Thousand Splendid Suns, published in 2007, is Khaled Hosseini's second novel. Inspired by a 2003 trip to Kabul, Afghanistan, the author's place of birth, the story follows the lives of two Afghan women, their families, friendships, and hopes for the future, set against a backdrop of three decades of political strife. Published just four years after the wildly successful debut of his first novel, The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns received an equally enthusiastic reception from critics and readers alike.

      By focusing on the relationship between his two main characters, Mariam and Laila, two very different women thrust into identical and horrific circumstances, Hosseini gives readers a rare glimpse into the daily lives of Afghan women and their struggle to survive against the backdrop of war. Set in contemporary Afghanistan, the novel covers the Soviet invasion, the rise of the Taliban, and post-Taliban efforts to rebuild the country. Hosseini uses simple, unadorned language to tell a heartbreakingly lyrical story of an unlikely friendship and undying love. In her Library Journal review, Barbara Hoffert writes, Hosseini deftly sketches the history of his native land in the late twentieth century while also delivering a sensitive and utterly persuasive dual portrait.

      Author Biography

      Khaled Hosseini was born on March 4, 1965, in Kabul, Afghanistan, to a father who was a diplomat and a mother who was a teacher. His father's diplomatic assignments took the family to Tehran from 1970 to 1973 and to Paris from 1976 to 1980. That year, Soviet troops took control of an unstable Afghanistan after Afghan king Zahir Shah was overthrown in a bloodless coup. The Hosseinis were granted political asylum in the United States and moved—leaving everything behind—to San Jose, California. Hosseini was fifteen years old at the time. He eventually earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Santa Clara University in 1988 and went on to study medicine at the University of San Diego. He became a medical doctor in 1993. While working as a practicing medical internist at a Los Angeles hospital, Hosseini pursued his love of writing. His debut novel, The Kite Runner, was published in 2003 and quickly became an international bestseller. It was adapted into a film that was released in 2007, the same year his second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns was published. In 2006 the novelist was named a U.S. envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR), one of the world's foremost humanitarian agencies. He also volunteers for Paralyzed Veterans of America.

      A 2003 trip to Kabul became the inspiration for A Thousand Splendid Suns. Hosseini was prompted to write about the lives of Afghan women after listening to the stories of burqaclad mothers begging in the streets with their children. Set against the backdrop of thirty years of tumultuous history, the novel explores how civil

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