Khaled Hosseini
2 books analyzed
Biography
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul in 1965. His father was a diplomat, and the family was living in Paris when the Saur Revolution and Soviet invasion made return impossible. They were granted political asylum in the United States and settled in California. Hosseini became a physician but had always wanted to write — The Kite Runner (2003) was his first novel, written in the hours before his medical shifts. A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) grew from his desire to write about Afghan women, whose stories he felt The Kite Runner had not fully addressed. He has since become a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and dedicates significant resources to the Khaled Hosseini Foundation, which builds schools and clinics in Afghanistan.
Works
A Thousand Splendid Suns
2007 · 372 pages · ★★☆☆☆ Moderate
Two women in Kabul — born a generation apart, brought together by a cruel man, bound by a love that becomes the most radical act of resistance either can imagine.
The Kite Runner
2003 · 371 pages · ★★☆☆☆ Moderate
A boy who watched his best friend be destroyed and said nothing. A man who spends two decades trying to undo one moment of cowardice.
Diction Across Works
accessible-literary — clear sentence structures carrying complex emotional and political weight
accessible-lyrical