A Thousand Splendid Suns

A Thousand Splendid Suns is an excellent fiction novel written by Khaled Hossenini. The book is recorded around two female protagonists; Mariam and Laila and how their lives eventually overlie one another. The book consists of four sections that focus on the lives of the individual characters. Part one is fixated on the life of Mariam, part two is concentrated on Laila, and part three is focused on how their completely different lives intertwined and how they established a close relationship with one another. Lastly, part four is in relation to how Laila and Tariq – who Laila considered one of her best male friends throughout childhood and growing up, rebuild their relationship after many years apart regardless of the dramatic and tragic life

The two eventually become romantic despite of the social boundaries and rules between men and women in the Afghan society. War takes over Afghanistan and Tariq’s family makes a decision to flee somewhere safe – the emotional goodbye between Laila and Tariq leads to unwed intercourse. After Tariq’s family had made the decision to leave, Laila’s family put much thought in following their steps. Unfortunately, as they were packing their little belongings, a bomb destroyed their house, taking the lives of Laila’s parents and leaving her injured and fragile in the hands of Mariam and Rasheed who took her in their

The realization that Rasheed hired Adbul years before to inform Laila of Tariq’s death was just for the intention of marriage. After Tariq and Laila visted one another while Mariam watched the children, Rasheed returned home from work and Zalmai informs his father that Laila had a male visitor while Mariam watched him. To this knowledge, Rasheed quickly looses his temper and brutally attacked Laila – nearly taking her life by strangling her. By this time, Zalmai is sent to his room and Mariam retrieves a shovel to stop their husband, which took the life of