A Thousand Splendid Suns

Name of Reviewer: Surana Pranit
Name of the college: Nowrosjee Wadia College
Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan American writer born in Kabul in 1965 he is known to his readers as a prolific author who bring to life the beauty of Afghanistan his first book The kite runner was published in 2003 and subsequently went on to become one of the most popular and beloved books in the world he mainly writes about war torn Afghanistan exploring genres such as history fiction and women fiction he has penned down three novels
1) The kite runner
2) a thousand splendid suns
3) and the mountains Enhoed
And one novella- the sea prayer
Synopsis
Like a compass needle that always points north, a man’s accusing finger always find a woman Always.”
These are the words five year old Mariam Jo is taught by her mother. An unwanted daughter of a highly wanted man Mariam is forced to spend her whole childhood in shadow and solitude until light arrives in her life and gifts her with tragedy upon tragedy leaving her lost in an unknown city called Kabul with an unknown man meant to be her husband…
In the same city of Kabul, thrives a young girl named Laila who has a wonderful life with loving people and bright future until war torn Afghanistan tears her away from all that she has ever known and she is left as lonely and helpless as Mariam Jo.
But fate brings the two women together and what follows is a table of courage resilience love tragedy and sacrifice that would Leave every heart broken and no eye dry .
Analysis –
Unlike most wor around fiction, novels, this book does not revolve the battlefields but rather around the lives of the ordinary people The flow of language is smooth and easy to understand thus making the book readable to any Layman. A large in Afghanistan as possible the book inspired to a great extent by the authors personal experience thus giving the novel a more realistic sense ….
Rating-
The reader has been able to find virtually no aspect of the novel worth criticism some might interpret this fact as a testament to the incapability of the reader regarding Literature analysis, the desired interpretation however is the impeccable writing skills of the author……
The beautiful and heart-wrenching story, the use of absolutely marvelous and yet seemingly Simple language the roller-capster ride of emotions experienced by the readers the death of every single character and the overall reading experience all combine to give the book a rating of nothing less than
You should definitely read this book if you –
Are an avid reader
Appreciate good Literature
Enjoy history fiction and women’s fiction
Want a book that is impossible to forget
Recommendations –
If you enjoyed reading this book, you should read
The Stationery Shop Bleed of tehran by marjan kamali blood of Flowers of by Anita Amirrezvani
Forty Rules of love by Elif Shafak
The Henna Artist by Alko joshi
Thoughts –
I was 12 years old, when I got this book as Christmas present this was the book that opened the doors for Me to the magical word of literature and it is very close to my heart today as we know about the Taliban ruling Afghanistan there exist thousands of Lailas and Mariams we pray for their safety and freedom..