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Theme Of Love In A Thousand Splendid Sun By Khaled Hosseini

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Love is the key theme in Khaled Hosseini’s novels. Different shades of love are depicted by Hosseini in all his three novels. For example Hosseini’s first novel The Kite Runner is a twisted tale of friendship between two boys Amir and Hassan. His second novel A Thousand Splendid Sun depicts the love and friendship of two women of different upbringing and age through the characters of Mariam and Laila. The third book And The Mountain Echoed is the story of two sibling Pari and Abdullah and their lifelong separation. Set against the backdrop of political unrest Hosseini portrays the power of love which helps the characters in his novels to survive, …show more content…

He is a widely acclaimed for all his three novels have become bestsellers. Hosseini recalls in each of his novels about the city where he was born, spent his childhood and observes that “Kabul was not the same always.” Kabul as the capital of Afghanistan once had the pride of magnificent historical monuments, art, architecture, gardens and mouth-watering delicacies. Against the backdrop of political upheavals with Afghanistan slowly falling into the tyrant hands of the Soviet Union, Mujahidin’s and Taliban’s, the strong factor that gives strength to the characters is the bond of love and loyalty as reflected in ‘The Kite Runner’, ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ and ‘And The Mountain Echoed’. Hosseini depicts love as the main theme in his novels. Different shades of love are portrayed carefully in all his three novels – love between two friends Amir and Hassan , love between two women which can be seen as the love of mother and daughter through the characters of Mariam and Laila in, lastly the love between the brother and sister Pari and Abdullah. Their love is tried and tested amidst difficult conditions and the characters are left to discover their longing for love that draws them out of their isolation, gives them strength to transcend their limitation, to struggle with their vulnerabilities and perform acts of

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