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Once two women find themselves together, the story deepens. I don’t intend to spoil the story by giving away too many details, so let me just say that through a series of tragic circumstances, both Mariam and Laila end up married to an ignorant, mean-spirited fundamentalist named Rasheed. Later, as Laila’s family is preparing to leave Kabul, a rocket hits her home and she is the only survivor of the attack, though severely injured. During an emotional farewell, Tariq and Laila break their boundaries and make love. Laila’s family decides to leave the city and Tariq’s family also decides to move to Pakistan. Years later, the living conditions become difficult for everyone in Kabul. As opposed to Mariam’s family, Laila is encouraged to have education and always stand up for herself. Her story begins with her close friendship with Tariq, a boy who loses a leg to a Soviet land mine when he’s merely five years old. Laila is a young, smart girl from an adoring family. The other protagonist of the book is Laila (born in 1978) who lives in the same area as Mariam. After Nana’s funeral, Jalil takes Mariam to his home. The next morning, Jalil’s chauffeur drives Mariam home where she discovers that Nana has committed suicide. As a result, Mariam goes to Jalil’s house, but he doesn’t let her in and she sleeps outside. Mariam wants to live with Jalil and makes her wishes known by asking him to take her to the cinema on her fifteenth birthday. She adores her father but resents her limited place in his life.

She frequently reminds her that she is a ‘ harami’, an illegitimate child. This makes Nana a bitter, often cruel person to Mariam. Since Jalil has three wives and nine “legitimate” children, he casts Nana and Mariam out to live in a small shack outside the city of Herat in Afghanistan.

While Nana was a servant in Jalil’s house whose affair with him resulted in Mariam. Basic Details About ‘ A Thousand Splendid Suns‘ by Khaled HosseiniĪ Thousand Splendid Suns begins with Mariam (born in 1959) who is an illegitimate child of Jalil and Nana. But before this I’ll let you know a brief summary of the book so that you’ll have a clear understanding. In this post, I’m going to share with you my review of Khaled Hosseini’s outstanding work, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Hosseini’s book thoroughly depicts the helplessness, hardships, and suppression that women face in a patriarchal society. Together they fight against all odds, after having faced them courageously. Though they are born 20 years apart, their lives are intertwined through the stormy events of the book. The story of A Thousand Splendid Suns revolves around the lives of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila. It is Hosseini’s second novel, following his bestselling debut, The Kite Runner. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a dazzling masterpiece by Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan-American author.

Books similar to a thousand splendid suns