Like The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a love letter from Khaled Hosseini to his birthplace of Afghanistan. Although Hosseini left the country for America as a child, his fiction remains focused on the country of his youth. Hosseini has a great admiration for his country's rich artistic and cultural legacy, but he's not afraid to criticize the things that he perceives as problems.
Questions About Visions of Afghanistan
- What are the cultural differences between rural and urban Afghanistan?
- What are the relationships between the different ethnic groups who live in Afghanistan?
- What are the similarities and differences between the ways Kabul and Herat are described?
- How do the cultural and regional differences between the various main characters affect their relationships?