![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Using New-Historicism, this paper tries to focus on Khaled Hosseini's documentation of the cultural, social, and political aspects of Afghan history in A Thousand Splendid Suns to show it as a saga of war-torn Afghanistan. The story of the novel undeniably links the volatile events-the violence, horror, anticipation, and faith of the country in intimate terms thus, the novel becomes an epic of the country. Characterizing them, Hosseini symbolically represents the political upheavals of Afghanistan and Afghan people's innate desire for independence. They challenge the traditional notion of gender role, redefine their human rights, excess the masculine power, and attain strength vigorous than the strength of thousand splendid suns. The novel also describes the story of two women, Mariam and Laila, who face unbounded sufferings in their life and dare to hope for freedom. The novel depicts the saga of pains and struggles of the people of Afghanistan who have been suffering due to several invasions and wars. Khaled Hosseini's A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) tells the events of Afghan history from the Soviet invasion to the rule of the post-Taliban rebuilding. ![]()
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