Khaled Hosseini: Four books by the Afghani-American author

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

Books by the author

1.      A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Hosseini. The title of the book comes from a line in the Josephine Davis translation of the poem, Kabul, by the 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 the novel as a ‘mother-daughter story.' The book received a rating of 4.4 on Goodreads.

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2.      The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is the first novel by the Afghani-American author. It is one of the biggest international bestsellers in its genre. The story starts from the perspective of a child. His emotional journey is portrayed in a cathartic way by the author. The readers can not help but get entangled in the emotional journey of the characters. Jealousy and guilt are the significant themes of the novel, along with the emotional turmoil the characters of the novel go through. The book was rated 4.3 on Goodreads.

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3.      Sea Prayer

Sea Prayer is an illustrated novel by Khaled Hosseini. The book is written in the form of a letter from a father to a son who has fled their home due to the Civil War. The life and struggles of refugees are depicted in such a way that it makes the readers connect to the intense emotions that are felt by the refugee characters in the novel. The unjustice these characters face is something real that was once faced by the writer himself, he admitted in an interview to a leading daily. The novel is beautifully written and has the power to intensely move the reader’s emotions. The novel is rated 4 on Goodreads.

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4.      And The Mountains Echoed

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

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