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（KhaledHosseini）,KhaledHosseiniisanAfghan-bornAmericannovelistandphysician.Aftergraduatingfromcollege,heworkedasadoctorinCalifornia,anoccupationthathelikenstoanarrangedmarriageforhim.Hehaspublishedthreenovels,mostnotablyhis2003debutTheKiteRunner,followingthesuccessofTheKiteRunner,hedecidedtobecomeafull-timewriter.,（KhaledHosseini）,Abouttheauthor,Hisfatherworkedasadiplomat,andwhenhewas11yearsold,thefamilymovedtoFrance;fouryearslater,theyappliedforasylumintheUnitedStates,wherehelaterbecameacitizen.HosseinididnotreturntoAfghanistanuntil2003attheageof38,wherehefeltlikeatouristinhisowncountry.Ininterviewsabouttheexperience,headmittedtosometimesfeelingsurvivorsguiltforhavingbeenabletoleavethecountrybeforetheSovietinvasionandsubsequentwars.,Abouttheauthor,Allthreeofhisnovelsbecamebestsellers,withTheKiteRunnerspending101weeksonthebestsellerlistasapaperback.In2007,TheKiteRunnerwasfollowedbyAThousandSplendidSuns,whichhasspent21weeksonTheNewYorkTimesBestSellerlistand49weeksonTheNewYorkTimesBestSellerlistforhardcoverfiction.Thetwonovelshavesoldmorethan38millioncopiesinternationally.,Abouttheauthor,ThenovelcentersaroundthefriendshipbetweenMariamandLaila.Itissplitintofourparts,withafocusonMariaminthefirstpart,continuingwithLailainthesecond,therelationshipbetweenthetwowomeninthethirdpartandLailaslifewithTariqinpartfour,whichisalsotheonlypartwritteninthepresenttense.,Summary,MariamisonlyfifteenwhensheissenttoKabultomarrythetroubledandbitterRasheed,whoisthirtyyearshersenior.Nearlytwodecadeslater,inaclimateofgrowingunrest,tragedystrikesfifteen-year-oldLaila,whomustleaveherhomeandjoinMariamsunhappyhousehold.LailaandMariamaretofindconsolationineachother,theirfriendshiptogrowasdeepasthebondbetweensisters,asstrongasthetiesbetweenmotheranddaughter.,Summary,WiththepassingoftimecomesTalibanruleoverAfghanistan,thestreetsofKabulloudwiththesoundofgunfireandbombs,lifeisadesperatestruggleagainststarvation,brutalityandfear,thewomensendurancetestedbeyondtheirworstimaginings.Yetlovecanmoveapersontoactinunexpectedways,leadthemtoovercomethemostdauntingobstacleswithastartlingheroism.Intheenditislovethattriumphsoverdeathanddestruction.,Summary,Creation,Ihopethebookoffersemotionalsubtexttotheimageoftheburqa-cladwomanwalkingdownadustystreetinKabul.KhaledHosseiniina2007interview.,TitleThetitleofthebookcomesfromalineintheJosephineDavistranslationofthepoemKabul“.,KhaledHosseinireplied:AThousandSplendidSunscanbeseenasamother-daughterstory.Heultimatelyconsideredthenovelstobelovestoriesinthatitislovethatdrawscharactersoutoftheirisolation,thatgivesthemthestrengthtotranscendtheirownlimitations,toexposetheirvulnerabilities,andtoperformdevastatingactsofself-sacrifice.,Themes,Family,WomeninAfghanistanHosseinivisitedAfghanistanin2003andheardsomanystoriesaboutwhathappenedtowomen,thetragediesthattheyhadendured,thedifficulties,thegender-basedviolence,thediscrimination,thebeingbarredfromactivelife,beingbannedfrompracticingtheirlegalrights.ThismotivatedhimtowriteanovelcenteredontwoAfghanwomen.Learnthisnowandlearnitwell,mydaughter:Likeacompassneedlethatpointsnorth,amansaccusingfingeralwaysfindsawoman.-ApassageinwhichMariamsmotherstates.,Themes,AfghanistanisacountryIknewlittle.TherearetragediesinAThousandSplendidSunsheart-breakingtragedyyetthestoryisultimatelyaninspirationalepicwiththepowertoenlightenusspirituallyaswellashistorically.Whenlreadthisnovel,Iwasmovedbythesadfac