Published 19:17 IST, October 23rd 2019

Khaled Hosseini: Four books by the Afghani-American author

Khaled Hosseini is an Afghani-American physician-turned novelist and here are the four amazing books by the humanitarian author that are must-reads

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Khaled Hosseini is an Afghani-American physician turned velist. Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, he moved to United States in 1980. Hosseini is also a US Goodwill Envoy to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and UN Refugee ncy. Hosseini is founder of Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a n-profit organisation that provides humanitarian assistance to people of Afghanistan. author's vels reflect life in Afghanistan and have been widely critically and commercially acclaimed. se are four books by author.

Books by author

1.      A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 vel by Hosseini. title of book comes from a line in Josephine Davis translation of poem, Kabul, by 17th-century Iranian poet Saib Tabrizi. His realistic writing style is striking and speaks volumes. It is a beautiful story about two women and Hosseini regards vel as a ‘mor-daughter story.' book received a rating of 4.4 on Goodres.

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2.      Kite Runner

Kite Runner is first vel by Afghani-American author. It is one of biggest international bestsellers in its genre. story starts from perspective of a child. His emotional journey is portrayed in a cathartic way by author. reers can t help but get entangled in emotional journey of characters. Jealousy and guilt are  significant mes of vel, along with emotional turmoil characters of vel go through.  book was rated 4.3 on Goodres.

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3.      Sea Prayer

Sea Prayer is an illustrated vel by Khaled Hosseini. book is written in form of a letter from a far to a son who has fled ir home due to Civil War. life and struggles of refugees are depicted in such a way that it makes reers connect to intense emotions that are felt by refugee characters in vel. unjustice se characters face is something real that was once faced by writer himself, he mitted in an interview to a leing daily. vel is beautifully written and has power to intensely move reer’s emotions. vel is rated 4 on Goodres.

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4.      And Mountains Echoed

And Mountains Echoed is third vel by author. book does t focus on one character, unlike Hosseini’s previous books. It is an onerous thing to be voice and face of people troubled by politics of land, and Hosseini has done justice to se people, many reers have felt. book is written in a way similar to short stories, which each chapter told from perspective of a different character. vel is rated 4 on Goodres.

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14:36 IST, October 23rd 2019