One of the most important emerging novelists today, Khaled Hosseini has enjoyed critical success and popular accolades. His first book, The Kite Runner, was voted Reading Group Book of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and was made into a major motion...
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One of the most important emerging novelists today, Khaled Hosseini has enjoyed critical success and popular accolades. His first book, The Kite Runner, was voted Reading Group Book of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and was made into a major motion picture. His second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, seems destined to follow the same path. Written for book club members and students, this guide overviews Hosseini's works, themes, characters, and contexts and relates his fiction to current events and popular culture. Sidebars present interesting information, and chapters contain questions to stimulate
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Khaled Hosseini: A Writer's Life; Chapter 2 Khaled Hosseini and the Novel; Chapter 3 The Kite Runner (2003); Chapter 4 A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007); Chapter 5 Today's Issues in Khaled Hosseini's Work; Chapter 6 Pop Culture in Khaled Hosseini's Work; Chapter 7 Khaled Hosseini on the Internet; Chapter 8 Khaled Hosseini and the Media; Chapter 9 What Do I Read Next?; Resources; Index