Book Review : KHALED HOSSEINI

Khaled Hosseini,Afghan-American writer is renowned for his two bestselling books, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns.I’v read both and I must admit, I absolutely loved his works. It paints a soulful, emotional and touching journey of the people of Afghanistan woven in a fabric of simple yet compelling words which brings out the fact that the basic emotions of love,patriotism,jealously,fear,passion,freindiship,pain etc.
exist even in a country with which sadly nowadays one associates only war and they have been wonderfully captivated by Hosseini. Of course, he has brought out the reality of the actual turmoil in a small sense.
Kite Runner is about a rich kid who moves to the US of A during his growing years because the Taliban take over his homeland .It mainly describes his life pre and post Taliban; first in Afghanistan with his friend and next; finding love in America and the life changing event that occurs in-between the geographical and emotional shift and also his emotional return journey back home.
A Thousand Splendid Suns on the other hand is not about being rich or happy. It is, what some may term as a depressing tale of a young girl who has very few people or possessions to call her own and sadly ends up losing all of it. Married off very young, its about her entering a new,scary,unknown,lonley martial life. It is at this juncture she makes friends with another young woman, having another story of love and loss and together how their lives change.
I thoroughly enjoyed reading both books. One of the reviewers said that anything she read after reading these felt bland for a very long time. I agree. As I reached the end of these books, it was rather difficult to deal with the fact that this beautiful, cultural and humane journey had actually ended.