There is a place in my heart that is awaiting A Thousand Splendid Suns.

Thank you, Mr. Hosseini, for opening my eyes to a beautiful world that is in need of support. I hope that, in a small way, I will make a difference for the Hasans and Amirs of the world.

"For you, a thousand times over."

Mr. Hosseini,
Hello from Cairo, Egypt. I really can't wait to read your new book. I love..love..loved the kite runner and got almost everybody I know to read it.
Actually you have quite a huge base of fans/readers here in Egyt..why don't you consider a visit!!

Regards,
Nermeen

Hi Khaled,

I just finished listening to you read The Kite Runner in audiobook. Listening to you tell Amir's story in first person made it impossible to believe it was fiction. I felt privileged to have you read me your book. Maybe like Hassan felt when Amir would read to him.

I hope you do the same with your new book.

Thank you,
Maeve Maguire

Dear Kahled,

I read your book and it profoundly touched me for the suffering of the people of Afghanistan that to many others are currently a compilation of statistical figures that war brings. I just wanted to thank you for putting this painful subject in such a beautiful story and for teaching the world about life in Afghanistan now and before. Your reader,

Martha C.

Mr. Hosseini,
Thank you for your wonderful novel, the Kite Runner. I have just finished sharing it with 18 students in Advanced English 11 in Nova Scotia, Canada... about as far removed from Afghanistan as it is possible to be! This novel has encouraged my students to think of Afghanistan as a real place, beyond the drama of the news and media coverage. We have had lively discussions about the characters, and how place influences our lives. I will be telling them about A Thousand Splendid Suns tomorrow... You have some new fans on the east coast!
-Libby

Dear sir,
i only recently have came to read your first novel, and considering myself a books lover i have to say that never before i've been touched by a book like i have by yours.
thank you for that.
i would love to ask a thousand questions but is better i dont.
i'll be looking foward to your new novel.
once again thank you
best wishes
Anna

Dear Khaled,

Kiterunner is an experience I shared with one of my close friends. It was gifted by her and as I went through it page by page I could feel the characters breath, cry and speak a thousand words in silence.

But mostly it reminded me of the distant relationship between myself and my dad. A longing I will have forever.....

Sometimes you wish you could say things to people close to you before it is too late.

Looking forward to A thousand splendid Suns.

Rgds
Vipul

I was lucky enough to read an advance copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns, and I absolutely could NOT put it down. I really wasn't certain you could write anything that would touch me as much as The Kite Runner did. But you surely DID. The thing that grabbed me so strongly was your ability to speak from a female viewpoint. I learned so much from you through BOTH your wonderful novels, and I hope with all my heart there are many more to come! I KNOW this one will be a huge success! And if ever your book tour brings you to Houston, Texas, I will be there to support you and listen to your words. THANK YOU for another fine book!

About an hour ago, I finished reading The Kite Runner, having had tears in my eyes for just about the entire second half of it. In my enthousiasm, ofcourse I immediatly started searching to find out about this particular question... and I am happy to hear I won't have to wait long at all to read your next novel. I hope it will come to the Netherlands soon after it will be published in America!

Hey Khaled,

Just wanted to congratulate you for your beautiful book "The Kite Runner". Very much looking forward for "A Thousand Splendid Suns".

Sujith.

I'm counting the days overhere in the Netherlands, waiting for Duizend schitterende zonnen. And what a thrill that I'm the first one who's writing here! Dear Khaleid, I wish that this book has the same warming flame as De Vliegeraar. Bye!

dear mr hosseini,
thank you so much for such a wonderful book, i mean, the kite runner. i am halfway through it and havent obviously finished it but i have already recommended it to at least a dozen friends. i hope i do not sound too flattering when i say that i havent read such a touching tale in a long time. it really touches one's heart. and because you call your baba baba (we call our fathers baba too) that is all the more touching. i just came to know that your second book will be out this month. honestly, cant wait. wish you all the best and please keep writing. hope to hear from you.
with warmest of regards,
pallabi,
calcutta, india

I just finished the Kite Runner and I am so impressed. I am very interested in life in the Middle East. I will buy all of his books. Thanks for the hours of enjoyment...........Kimberly PS: I am also from San Jose, CA, shopped at the Berryessa Flea Market. Attended Santa Clara University. Small World when you come right down to it.

I read regularly.From fiction to true stories to blogs.I must say I have never picked up a book as captivating as the Kite Runner. I am familiar with the culture,so I don't think it was the intrigue with different custom or way of life that caught my attention.It was the raw,uncensored human spirit that was captured in the story.I felt I was there with Amir,with Hassan."Great" is not a word to describe it.

Mr. Hosseini,

For the past three years, I've had the pleasure of introducing students in my Contemporary Issues in Literature class (grades 10, 11, & 12) to The Kite Runner. They have been unanimously passionate about it, so much so that this year's class insisted on reading it twice.

For the first time in my 10 year teaching career, I have a class upset and disappointed that school will be ending too quickly. You see, we'll be letting out just two or three days after A Thousand Splendid Suns is due to hit the stores. We've pre-orded copies of the book from Amazon, but fear it won't reach us in time. They've made me promise to get together with them at the end of June for a novel discussion session at a local coffee shop.

Thank you for writing with enough passion to reach off the page and light a spark in our teen readers.

Sincerely,
Sheree Fortney
Teacher

thank you for a great book...i only started reading it this week...last nite i was at the chapter when Hassan and his dad were leaving..past midnight...in dubai...alone...away from home..putting the book aside...i wept for a good ten minutes. Looking forward to your next book as well. All the bests..

I thoroughly enjoyed your first book, and can't wait to read this next one.

I can't wait for the new book! I love love loved "The Kite Runner" and recommended it to everyone, even if they didn't ask!

May 9, 2007.
Greetings and hello,
Not having read The Kite Runner, I did not know what to expect from A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS.

I have read less than fifty pages of ATSS yet I can say that this novel will be the only one I open until I reach the final page.

Best regards, Linda.

Thx you for writting the Kite Runner.
It is tender sensitive and very informative.
Your work for the refugee organization is to be admired.
kind regards
shana.[melbourne]

Dear Mr. Housseini,

I am Ana Eliza from Brazil, Sao Paulo state. I, as a thousand other people, become your fan. I have already read The Kite Runner two days ago.
I spent a little time to read it, because I just read it at subway (metro). Day by day, during the trip, I transported myself to the Amir and Hassan´s world, Kabul's world. At the end of the book, I found myself very touched, praying to Hassan´s son forget his traumas.
It was a pleasure to known a wonderful writer as you are, Mr. Housseini. The easy and special way to write, to choose the write word, to describe Afghanistan, Afghans lives and culture is a God´s gift definitely.
Now I can realize how Russian and Taliban had stolen the right of living of Afghans during theses years. I pray to God to iluminate you and your people.
I live in a blessed country, Brazil is a free place. Lots of different people live here, I mean, different culture: Japaneses, Germans, Spanishes, Portugueses, Italians, etc.
But we also have a war here. A war that some fight against the poverty, to bring education and health to the poor people, proper place to live etc. But I can not complain, it is a beautiful place, and Brazilians are a peaceful, warm and happy people. It doesn´t need to much to make a Brazilian happy. Musics, a god conversation, a beer, family (not in this order)...Well, thank you very much and God bless you!

i love your book.
i'm from brazil and i think that this is the biggest lesson of humble never seen before.

i am so delighted !!!! im gonna wait for the 22nd!
best of luck khaled

Just a quick note, finished The Kite Runner this AM (to the tune of 1 hour late for work!) This was a very powerful and educational book; we, as Americans are so very ignorant (still) of Afghanistan and the Afghan people. At any rate, I just can't seem to get the characters out of my mind--it was the best story I've read in a long time--will look forward to the new book. Thanks.

Dear Khaled,

Insha'Allah, your new book will be as successful, if not more than "The Kite Runner" which I must tell you I have loved reading. It's so close to our lives here in India and the life I lived in Iraq. Both countries - Iraq and Afghanistan are in a shambles.
We hope and pray that life will be normal there again.
In the meanwhile, your books are there to give the much-needed human perspective to these societies. You are, masha'Allah, a gifted writer, and are making constructive use of your talent, alhumdulillah.
Best wishes and prayers for your future books, insha'Allah,
Sabiha.

I can't wait to go get the book. The subject matter and backdrop of the story seem very interesting from the descriptions.
I was fortunate enough to see Khaled when he gave a talk in chicago in 2005, and hope he will do so again.

Hi Khaled

Have just picked up The Kite Runner, reading it -- in a long time came across a novel as honest and engaging as this one. Good work!

Cheers

My daughter (16) fell in love with your story and your writing style since she was "forced to read" The Kite Runner. She has been searching ever since to find another book was comparable but has not been successful. I'm so happy she'll have some summertime reading with A Thousand Splendid Sunsets and wish you all the success with it's release. Just to let you know the girls in her class have started a group on Facebook concerning the characters of The Kite Runner. The characters had a tremendous inpact on their emotions; they incited both love and hatred. Needless to say I had to read the book and feel the same.Thank you for your enormous contribution to our society.We would love to hear you speak.

My daughter (16) fell in love with your story and your writing style since she was "forced to read" The Kite Runner. She has been searching ever since to find another book was comparable but has not been successful. I'm so happy she'll have some summertime reading with A Thousand Splendid Suns and wish you all the success with it's release. Just to let you know the girls in her class have started a group on Facebook concerning the characters of The Kite Runner. The characters had a tremendous inpact on their emotions; they incited both love and hatred. Needless to say I had to read the book and feel the same.Thank you for your enormous contribution to our society.We would love to hear you speak.

Dearest Khaled Hosseini, Today is May 22 and I've just bought A Thousand Splendid Suns. Mariam Jalil & Nana... wow what a lovely characters, I just cant stop reading it. any ways when is the new book out? this is what I asked when I first read The Kite Runner's first chapter too.
Thanks for spreading Afghan culture.
Khuda Hafez
Fazila
your Afghan Fan

I must mention that "The Kite Runner" was a tremendous and very well written book. When i was in high school, i despised books, because i felt they were boring; but after reading the Kite Runner, i started to enjoy them. At last, i just wanted to thank you for being a superb afghan writer, and writing about those afghans that have suffered in the past 30 years of war.

I have yet to complete a book in high school, but this being my senior year my teacher set up literacy circles. We chose one of six books with yours being among them and we read to a certain page and then discussed what happened within those pages whether it be vocab, illustrations, connections, or research. I obviously chose The Kite Runner. Keeping in mind I haven't finished a book in 4 years, it was pretty much impossible to stop reading. The way the book was written really let me imagine the entire scenery myself. This is honestly the best book I have ever started to read and captured my attention within the first 2 chapters. THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK!!!

I read a lot of books. Sometimes three or four a week and have written one novel. As a reader and as a self-published writer of historical fiction, I have seen both sides of a book, and I know how hard it is and how much research is required. "The Kite Runner" is one of my favorite books. I've already read it four times and I still cry each I read it. I can't wait to read your new novel. I am a big fan.

I remember reading the Kite Runner last year and being blown away by the captivating simplicity of Khaled Hosseini's story-telling. Absolutely spell-binding. I picked up A Thousand Splending Suns pretty much the same day it came out at 3:30pm (Ottawa, Canada time) and currently it's 12:34am...finding ways to tell people how utterly amazing and breathtaking this book is.

I don't think that in my history of reading novels have I ever been so emotionally moved by the characters and their unbreakable spirits. This isn't just a yeah-yeah-some-parts-were-sad kind of book: there are moments that make your heart weep and ache.

As a person whose ancestral background is rooted in the Pashtuns and Hazaras of Old Afghanistan, I can find solace in the fact that its great history is being so wonderfully and vividly portrayed by an astounding storyteller.

This isn't a book to miss.

Can hardly wait to read your next book! I, and friends alike, have been waiting not so patiently for this day. Good luck, and God Bless.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,
I have JUST put down your novel, The Kite Runner, and must tell you how your words have brought back so many memories of an Afghanistan that is no longer.
I was probably one of the "hippies" that were observed by Amir and Hassan as they roamed the streets of Kabul. I traveled throughout your wonderful country in December, 1970, entering via Herat and continuing South to Kandahar, to Kabul, Bamyan, Mazari-Sharif and finally through the Kyhber Pass to Pakistan. My memories are as vivid as they happened yesterday, and of all the 36 countries we visited in our travels, Afghanistan stands out as my favorite.
I cry at what is only a memory now for so many.
Thank you for writing your book. I look forward to reading the next and connecting again to a treasured land.
Jann Seal
Around the World by Land Rover
1970-1971

I am soo excited at the chance of getting to read your second novel. In our school we did a play of Kite Runner in which I played the role of Amir. It was then that I read your first book which I instantly acknowledged as one of the finest books I have ever read. Thank you for providing us with such a detailed insight to life in Afghanistan not once but twice with your second novel. Furthermore I have always beleived that change can only truly be brought about when people are aware. Your novels have been the ideal platform to spread awareness of the way people suffer in Afghanistan and how what was once a rich culture has been destroyed due to senseless conflict. Hopefully now that awareness has been created we can await the change

If the Kite Runner was anything to go by, this should be an excellent read too.

Cheers to a writer with loads of courage !

So so excited for to get my hands on your new book. I have been waiting patiently:)

I first read The Kite Runner during Easter '06 whilst on holiday in Kuwait visiting my family who have lived there for nearly 15 years. I couldn't put it down. No book after that compared to it. It was outstanding. Since then I've read it again, and still it filled me with much emotion. As soon as the new book came out I was there, buying it and couldn't wait to start it. And yet again, you've excelled yourself. Another outstanding piece of writing. Keep them coming!

THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER MOVING ACCOUNT OF AFGHAN
HISTORY AND THE STRUGGLES SO MANY ARE FACING TO SURVIVE

thankyou so much for sharing this beautiful book. I knew nothing of your country before reading it. i will get Kite Runner next

Hi!,I'm Annalisa an Italian girl who has readed his book with the italian title "Il cacciatore di aquiloni"! It's very beautiful and it appasionated me from the first lines! I run in bookcase to buy his second book, I'm a lot interested to the history of Afghanistan. A salute from his faithful fan!

Khaled,

I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, which I finished in just two days. Like The Kite Runner, it has richly-developed characters with whom we laugh, cry, and hope. I had hoped for more for Mariam, but "more" would not have been realistic. Your version of her life was, I'm sure, the way things really would have been for her. I recommended your first book to countless people, and will do the same with your second...and I'm sure your third...and your fourth.... Congratulations. I can't wait for the next one.

I love The Kite Runner, which I read long after it was published. I thought for a long while it was a novel about a uni-bomber. I didn't know why I just didn't pick it up and read the blurb. I remember thinking, I need to read somethind different between historical romance binges I go through. I cannot read enough of this story. I cried and laugh and thought about this book long after I had finish reading it.

I wanted everyone I know to read this book, and so far, everyone who had loved it. I cannot wait to get my copy of this second book. I can't wait to read it! Amazon should have my copy in two days.

Dear Khaled,

Never on an internet site the word 'Home' was so well chosen.

I was very moved by The Kite Runner (and its beautiful translation). Thank you for painting a world that we know so little of. For letting me smell the the flowers, the fruits and the herbs of your youth. For showing also the beauty of your country the way it was before we came to know it by seeing it on tv on a daily basis while it was being devastated and sold. And for telling its terrible story of ruthless killings and display of power from within.

I hope that your new book will be as beautiful as this one.

Warm regards,
Monique
The Netherlands

I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns--in two days. I was such a fan of The Kite Runner that I couldn't wait to get my hands on the second novel. And it did not disappoint.

The author's heartwrenching accounts, realistic portrayals, and use of imagery, both pleasant and otherwise, truly lets the reader into the world that most of us will never know. Wonderful, wonderful novel. I would recommend it to anyone.

I can't wait for the next by Hosseini.

I just finished reading your second book last night and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I feel like I personally knew the characters by the time I got to the end. It was clearly one of those novels that you don't want to end because then, that is it.

I read The Kite Runner a couple of months ago and loved it. So, I was very excited to read A Thousand Splendid Suns. What I didn't know was that I would read it in 5 days, and finish it only wanting to start it all over again. I think it is one of the most moving books I have ever read. I love the book not only because it is a beautifully written story with characters who I genuinely care about, but also because it teaches me so much about Afghanistan, things I might never have known. And with this knowledge, I want to get involved to help refugees. I look forward to meeting you at your signing in Miami. Keep writing and I'll keep reading.

I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns...as one who knew little of Afghanistan or India or other places nearby, I eagerly read The Kite Runner. I was mesmerized by the story, the author's writing ability and the clear reality that fiction can offer. The men's lives of The Kite Runner will forever remain compelling to me.

This second book, however, provided a story which is a universal story of women. For me, it gave meaning to the picture we have all seen of a covered woman being shot by the Taliban in the stadium...This author has given not only that woman, but millions of woman a gift beyond anyone's imagination..the gift of meaning, of value, of worthiness and, above all, a model of victory...Thank you for using your wisdom and writing brilliance to reach beyond your medical skills and touch the heart of so many.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I work at a library and read "The Kite Runner" last year. I recommended it to anyone who would listen to me, six of whom took my advice. They each called me to ask me what else you had written. Sadly, I had to tell them it was your first book.
Then to my surprise I saw a review on Amazon of "A Thousand Splendid Suns" I put it on hold at my library before we had even processed it. I called my six friends to let them know.

I just this minute finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns". It did not disappoint. I followed Mariam through an unbelievable journey of love, heartache and life so unbearable and yet somehow I know this was life for so many women in Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world. Thank you for opening my eyes and allowing me to sense what these families experienced. So often I take my freedom and opportunity for a full life for granted. I will always think of Mariam, and Laila as I journey through the life I have yet to live.
Can't wait for you next book!
Thank you.
Barb o

Dr. Hosseini, you touched me again very deeply in a way that is difficult to describe. You are gifted with words; your intricate descriptions of everyday observations are brilliant and right on. You've softened my heart in a time when the world's people need more insight and understanding of one another. Yours is another novel that cautions me to humble myself (along with Kite Runner and another favorite of mine, The Sound of One Hand Clapping), as I have been shown once again, that it is impossible to know the depth and richness of most people, with only a look at their surface. You've said in interviews and in your acknowledgement that you were nervous about writing this novel, that Kite Runner had set the bar so high. Well, I think you managed to match your first novel, and then some. I find myself wanting to know more about your native country, to see pictures and meet Afghanistan's beautiful people. That is the mark of a great storyteller. Thank you for this life-changing experience! I feel like I am richer and yet I feel now, again, that I know more that there is so much I don't know.
Thank you, too, for showing me the true beauty of Islam as it is meant to be, contrasted so jarringly against the Islam so many of us in the West see in the news. How sad that those who would force an ugly form of Islam on the world don't understand that they are doing more to turn people away in horror, rather than woo them with the warm embrace of family and tradition that you show us with your book.
Bt the way, you might be pleased that we at Kaiser still claim you as one of ours! We are so proud.
Thank you. Great work!

Today I purchased my own copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns. I look forward to reading it once I am finished The God of Small Things.

I reviewed the Kite Runner on my blog. You may be interested to read my comments:
http://winstoninwonderland.blogspot.com/2007/04/kite-runner-khaled-hosseini.html

I look forward to reviewing your newest literary addition on my blog.

Dear Mr. Khaled Hosseini,

I just finished reading your second novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and just as your first novel "The Kite Runner", this book has moved me in such a way I cannot put into enough words. It amazes me as to how well you have portrayed the bold and brilliant women of Afghanistan. I am absolutely impressed by your work and I am so glad that writers such as yourself are the voice of so many unheard. I hope that you decide to write more novels, you have truely had an impact on my life.

Sincerely,

Krutika Gulvadi

You have a keen handle on female sensibility. Enchanting!

Dear Mr. Khaled Hosseini

I have just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. I just LOVED the book, as much as I loved The Kite Runner. It just flows so easily from beginning to end. You make your reader really get into the skin of your characters and all the backdrop to the novel is so vivid that finally I was quite exhausted when I finished it. It is a wonderful educational contribution as both books made me understand and get to know so much more about Afganistan, and understanding is the key to peace. Thank you for your two books and please, keep them coming.

Thank you for an astonishingly beautiful novel. The characters are unforgettable; their lives poignant and tragic. My constant hope for the world is for tolerance and humanity.

I picked up your book before it came extremely popular in the book fair at our school last year. I'm not a huge reader, but I thought it was time I'd pick something up to read. But I read the first chapter, and I found it was one of those books I couldn't put down.

I read for hours- at school, alone, anywhere... and I am such a slow reader, but I was almost thankful because I read every sentance carefully and I swear I enjoyed every paragraph as much as I do candy.
I'm 14 years old, I love to write, and I didn't really like to read that much because I could never find a book that interested me. But The Kite Runner was is my favorite book now. It wasn't just a great novel, but very informative. I really understand the culture better now and I have actually become very interested in it since then.

And when I had finished crying at the end, I looked you up to see if you had any other books. I could barely believe it was your first! Now that your new book is out I am so excited to read it!

Sorry to keep you, just couldn't resist... I admire you so much!
Good luck Mr. Hosseini! : )
-Sara Lydia

Dear Mr. Hosseini,
I have just finished your second novel and was deeply gratified. It was at the very least, quite as wonderful as your first, perhaps more so, as I confess I loved the characters just a little bit more. Not only did I find it impossible to stop reading once I began, but also, without pushy political agendas, you created a window into a world that a young woman in Iowa would have no other way of ever knowing. Afghanistan leapt off of the page and the map and materialized into a real placein my mind's eye. I love those books like friends (which, I have to admit is not so uncommon for me, but nonetheless is relevant) and I would so like to thank you and encourage you. Continue your work, please! I'll keep reading.
Sincerely yours,
Thalassa Walter

I have to tell you that I was sobbing, literally, throughout almost the last half of the book. Your female characters in particular are so believable and inspirational in their ability to 'endure' as Mariam's mother pointed out at the outset would be a woman's lot in life.

As one of your Canadian readers, my first thought on completing the book was that every one in my country (but especially women) should read it in order to understand why our troops are presently fighting--and dying--in Afghanistan.

You have done a marvellous job Mr. Hosseini in humanizing the headlines most people scan over. Congratulations on this new book (I loved the Kite Runner too) and I hope you have many more books in you.

I was told by me boss who is the smartest women I know to read the Kite Runner, I kept thinking that I would not understand it. After her persistence I started reading it and I could not put it down I read till past 2AM. The Kite Runner become my favorite book ever, and I have recommened it to everyone, and everyone loves it. I just finished reading a Thousand Splendid Suns and it's just as amazing WOW. Mr. Hosseini has become my favorite author. Thank you : )

Dear Mr.Hosseini,
Just finished reading your second novel, "A Thousand Splendid Suns"....I was moved,shaken,angered,scared,felt all the emotions one can feel as a father,husband,brother can feel reading such a beautiful work. God bless good women...I am greatful to the women in my life.
Thankyou for your novels and, for the strengh to pursuing your DREAMS.

Sincerely,

John Reissiger.

P.S. I cannot wait for your next one.

Dear Mr Hosseini,

I needed to read your book. That's why I have taken this whole day to spend the time with Mariam and Laila, two very believable Afghan women whose stories must be true, in part, for many Afghan women. I sometimes had to stop reading because the tears blurred my vision. The question that comes to me so clearly is "Why would a man harm family members in the name of spirituality?

Jalil Khan came to the truth of his own actions too late to make amends to dear Mariam. How tragic to die without feeling forgiveness.

We Americans need to ask ourselves how we, with our economic ease, can help refugees who are struggling. Thanks for telling us about UNHCR. Now that I can better imagine the conditions of uprooted families, and hungry children, I will contribute.

Your book is amazing. Keep writing.

M. Bishop
Oregon

dear Mr. Khaled Hosseini
l done reading the kite runner it`s the best novel l read ever keep the good work and good luck
aisha al fadallah

Mr. Husseini - I resisted reading THE KITE RUNNER for many years because (I thought) I was not interested in learning about lands whose culture and history were so foreign to me. I finally gave in when a friend gave me the book for Christmas as a "must read." To say I regret having gone the past few years without experienced your lovely work is an understatement. I learned that every person from every country is a twin in soul and expectation of the worth of their existence. I am so happy to have found you. As an immigrant myself I related to your reflections on family love and interaction. Children are loved and the global common denominator is that people only want to wake up in the morning, embrace their family, earn a living, and return home to share their experiences with their loved ones. It is those who want to destroy that love who should be despised and aggressively challenged. You expressed it so beautifully. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

My Mother loaned me A Thousand Splendid Suns on Friday and by 9:00 pm Saturday I had finished the book. I couldn't put it down. I haven't read a book in one day in years. It was beautifully written and touched my heart. I am getting ready to start the Kite Runner. I wanted to begin reading it today but I knew I wouldn't get any housework done because I wouldn't be able to put it down. I can't wait to see what you do next. Thank you so much for writing such a splendid book!

I just finished reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns," which I brought home from the library yesterday afternoon. I have been captivated since I started it and couldn't stop reading even though I dreaded reaching the end.

To read what you have written in this book is like listening to a well told story while in a loving embrace. I marvel at the understanding and compassion which you convey, the welcoming brilliance of your descriptions.

I have read "The Kite Runner," several times. I was one of the many persons who picked it up because a respected friend recommended it, and I have both recommended and presented it to many people.

Thank you for the work, the heart, the spirit which you let us share in your books.

Dear Khaled

I am a mother and a physician. I read and was moved by your first book, but the second book shook me to my core. That women and mothers went through/are going through so much in some parts of the world, is very sad and chilling. All in the name of religion!!

We read and hear about Afganistan in the news all the time, but your books have made it very real.

Do keep writting
Meeta

I just wanted to let you know that you novel The Kite Runner helped me to better understand the conflict facing Afghanistan. I loved your book it was very entertaining.

Mr. Hosseini,

I just finished "Suns" and I believe I like it more than even "Kite Runner", and I positively loved that. When I think of the resiliency of the human spirit when confronted with catastrophic events, it can bring me to my knees. My own mother suffered similar horrors as a teenager in another place and time, and when I look at her, through fresh eyes for having read this book, and see the kind, decent, charitable, and God-loving woman she remains, carrying herself with a grace and dignity that is warm and inviting, I am struck speechless.
And I am not ashamed to tell you that when I read that last sentence, this grizzled and callused old carpenter went looking for the tissues. I need one now, just remembering.
God bless you.

Tc

West Haverstraw, NY

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I have read your novel "The Kite Runner" through a book group I was part of. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would love it so much. I am so grateful that my friends suggested your novel as our monthly read. It forever has changed the way I feel about great literary talent. Today I have finised your novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns". It took me all of two days to read in between my work schedule. The story you have written is so moving, so real, so heartfelt that I felt all the emotions of your characters within myself. I put myself in their place and experienced your country through the visions you described in your book. Mr. Hosseini, I commend you on your talent as an exceptional storyteller who can truly thread the reader right into your story.

Sue Brownell

I'm brazilian, I read your book, The Kite Runner, recently. This novel is fantastic.
Congradulation you conquered many peoples here with your book!
I do not see the hour of your new book to arrive in the bookstore from brasil for me to read.
Durval

Dear Mr. Hosseini-

I had the privilege of hearing you read at Fitch High School in Groton, CT on Sunday evening. It was a wonderful experience to hear the live reading and listen to the Q&A session afterwards. I very much appreciate that you were willing to sign books and am pleased that my beloved copy of The Kite Runner now has your signature.

There were many people at the event, and I did not want to hold up the book signing line so I thought I would post a comment on your blog. I have had the opportunity to read your first novel with both my high school and community college students. Unequivocally, this is a novel that really speaks to all types of readers. I am grateful that such a high interest, historically and culturally important book exists to share with my students.

The morning of your reading at Fitch, I also had the chance to read Lisa See's review of A Thousand Splendid Suns in the New York Times. While I did feel that in some ways she was complimentary, I did not agree with the overall tone of her review. Her comments about transitions in particular seem unfounded. Additionally, she implied that the female narrative point of view was a bit forced coming from a male writer. I couldn't disagree more with this criticism. As a woman, especially as a mother, I think the narrative style showed great expertise and a truly genuine voice (or voices, I should say) emerged throughout the text. I posted a rebuttal to See's review at http://1percentmoreconscious.blogspot.com/.

As Diane Rehm mentioned on her NPR program, your second novel does in fact rival the first; both show profound ability to show the delicate, intimate personal aspect of a difficult historical and contemporary period.

I look forward to reading more of your work in the future. Thank you so much for both novels; they are a pleasure to read the first time around as well as subsequent reads. Though I teach many reluctant readers, I have yet to meet a student that has not finished your book.

Mostly, I appreciate the fact that you end A Thousand Splendid Suns with the UN Refugees web site. The experiences of your compelling characters could inspire any reader to want to help and make a difference.

Khaled Hosseini

Dear Mr. Hosseini:

I have just completed reading your novel, "A Thousand Splendid Suns". I must tell you that it has been quite awhile since I have been so moved by reading a novel. This novel is one of the most poignant literary pieces I have ever read. Besides the incredible imagery and character development, one learns a great deal about Afghanistan, its past and painful present.

Thank you so much for your unequaled literary effort!

Don McCall

Dear Mr. Hossenini, I thought there was no better book than the Kite Runner until I read A Thousand Splendid Suns. It was so touching. I read it in Two Nights. I work at a library and we now have 350 holds through out the system. We would love to have you speak here in Peabody Ma. if you are ever in the area. I cannot tell you how very much I enjoyed your new book. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lorraine Peabody, Massachusetts

Dear Dr. Hosseini,
To my regret I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns, as fast I read it, I didn't ever want the end to come. Everything else I read pales in comparison to your work. I will never forget Mariam or Lalia and my heart aches for the countless women who I know your characters' lives mimic. It is heartbreaking. The Kite Runner touched me as well. I can't express to you how your stories have affected me. You are such a gifted writer. I have recommended Kite Runner to everyone I know and they call when they finish it and we cry together over Hassan and Amir and marvel at your ability to teach us about life in Afghanistan. Now I have another book to share. Please keep writing.

Hi Khaled
I have just fininished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns.
I can honestly say that it is one of the most profound heart-wrenching stories, I have ever read.
I walked every step of the way with those two women, and many tears were shed for the lives of these two wonderful characters. May this just be the beginning of a wonderful career of a very awe inspiring novelist

hi mr hosseini bravoo ...
can i write persian to you ?
salam baradar mashreghi ketabe avaletoon dar iran be nam badbadak baz targome shode age be estelah ma iraniha pinglish minevisam baray ine ke betoonam ehsasam ro behtar begam ...oonghadr vaghei bood ke nemitoonestam bavar konam amir hamoon khaled nist delam mikhast az shoma beporsam sohrab belakhare harf zad va hal sorayya khoobeh? ....khaled hosseini azaiz man inja dar iran baray yek ketabe sade 3 mah o nime ke montazere mojaveze chap hastam va maloom nist ke taze be man ejaze chap bedan ya na... begzarim ...az khoondan ketabe zibay shoma lezzat bordam va baray avalin bar didam be afghanha avaz shod va ehsas kardam ke ma sharghiha cheghadr be ham shabih hastim ....dar entezar chap ketab dovometoon dar iran mimoonam shad va salamat bashid....

I just finished The Kite Runner this morning. In the last 48 hours I have never been so moved by any book I've ever read in my 37 years.

Reading the booking was definitely more than just entertainment for me. I have become fascinated with the history and peoples of Afghanistan, esp. the Hazara people. You have made history come alive for me, instead of hearing from CNN and AP snippets of coverage about the sufferings abroad.

Thank you for this book. You have a gift and you should continue to tell stories.

Dear Mr Hosseini,
After reading 'The Kite Runner' I thought there was no way your second novel could even come close to being as good. But after reading 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' in less than 24 hours I take it all back. ATSS is even BETTER than TKR.
You are an amazing writer - what a gift you have.
I will never forget Mariam and Laila - what beautiful, strong women. To think that there are real Mariams and Lailas out there truly breaks my heart - your books have touched my life and I thank you for that.
Hurry up and write your third book!
Best wishes,
Karen

Dear Mr. Hosseini,I enjoyed both of your books and I am anxiously awaiting a third (I hope you plan to write one). I wonder, if Miriam had met with her father, would he have been able to take her away from her husband, or would custom have forbid it? I so wanted her life to be better. Your books gave me a greater understanding of the situation in Afghanistan.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

Like so many readers, I was deeply moved by The Kite Runner. Consequently, I found myself eagerly awaiting the arrival of A Thousand Splendid Suns in stores. And honestly, the wait was well worth it! I devoured the book in a single sitting, and could barely contain myself. I didn't think it could be possible to top The Kite Runner, but it seems you have. Congratulations!

But most importantly, thank you. You have used your literary talents to give voice to a culture that is often misunderstood in the United States. And in these turbulent times, it is refreshing to see someone approach the turmoil in the Middle East with honesty and compassion. The humanity depicted in your novels serves to remind us all of what life could be.

And for this reason, colleagues and I selected The Kite Runner (before the publication of A Thousand Splendid Suns) as our summer reading assignment for students entering their junior year at our high school in the fall. We only hope we can do justice to your work in our teaching. So, if you've any suggestions, or would care to correspond with students regarding your work, please let me know. I would be happy to pass information along to my colleagues, and I assure you that our students would delight in hearing your thoughts and sharing comments.

With kindest regards,
Lori Michalec
Tallmadge High School

Hosseini Saheb,

Thank you is not sufficiant so I must explain to you what your writing means to me. After reading your first novel, The Kite Runner,I suffered for months the lingering pain in my heart over the sensitive narration. Somehow, it went deep into my psyche. The language,the prose with farsi phrases expressed the exact emotion in deapth.
Then out came your second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, I finished in a day. I suffered with rhe women characters, their silent pain, sufferings and the sacrifices. Being Indian by birth, how well do I understand the stronghold of tradition in culture? The power of society, customs and relatives perpetuate the authority over women. How women accept it as their lot. How well you have portrayed the inner strength of the helpless women through characters-Mariam and Laila.
I must express my deep gratitude for sharing this powerful gift with us. These characters are real and still suffering in 21 cetury.
I am proud of your involvement with UN project which not only satisfies your work but tells you numerous untold stories of their sufferings.

Thank you,

A fond reader,
Shubh Bala from Austin, Texas

mr. hosseini.

i read your book --THE KITE RUNNER several months ago and i must say that i simply love that book..
the story line grabbed me and would not let go.

i was told of your book by a friend and so i bought your book and i must say ----WOW !!!!

I COME TO TEARS NOW JUST THINKING ABOUT --THE KITE RUNNER !!!!

so you can imagine my surprise and happiness when i read that your second book was out --i was doing a happy dance !!!!!

so know i am in the middle of this book and i cannot let it go-i am already drawn into the womens lives. .
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THEM HOME FOR ME and when you are out doing book signing and what ever you will have me in your lines--if you are ever close to memphis !!!!!

thank you very much
chris higdon

Mr Hosseini,

I just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns"; I had also read "The Kite
Runner". Your second novel is as captivating as the first; you are
both storyteller and teacher. Are you a practicing physician as well?

The lack is probably mine for not knowing more about the Afghan
culture, but I was surprised that the intelligent, spirited Mariam so
quickly became a reclusive, fearful piece of property after marriage.
Yet she rediscovered her former self when confronted with crisis.

Thank you for sharing your heritage in such compelling stories with
such "real" characters (even though you draw the males more
convincingly than the females). I look forward to the next story.

Halelani

Hello Khaled,

I just finished reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" after much anticipation for your second novel. Once again you brilliantly captured the essense of the book's characters and allowed the reader to live through their eyes.

Your writing depicts the true atrocities that have occurred in Afghanistan and in both of your novels I have been moved to tears about the inhumane treatment of women and children.

Lastly, for the sake of all of your devout literary fans, myself included, please never stop writing. While being a physician is an incredibly noble occupation, and you help heal the sick. You're writing helps heal the souls of millions.

Sincerely,

Jill Matthews
San Jose, CA

Dear Mr. Hossein,

Thank you for such an amazing story!

Marta

A Thousand Splendid Suns.... le plus beau livre que j'aie jamais lu. Merci M. Hosseini d'avoir écrit ce livre qui est un hymne à la Vie, à la Femme, à la Liberté.
Et je remercie Dieu? Allah? Bouddah? d'être née dans un pays, la France où la liberté est un droit acquis dès la naissance. Il nous reste encore à espérer en l'égalité....
Encore merci et bonne chance à toutes les Laila, Maryam du monde entier....
Blandine

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I would like to thank you for writing two amazing books. I never really had much interest when it came down to reading a book but when I read your first book “The Kite Runner“, it made me realize that if the topic interests me, I do enjoy reading. But nonetheless, I loved “The Kite Runner”, it brought tears in my eyes many times and I learned a lot. After finishing that book, I realized your second book “A Thousand Splendid Suns” was to publish May 22nd. Believe It or not, I went and bought it that same day it came out at 8am. I couldn’t get enough of that book, I enjoyed reading every chapter and once again many tears were shed as I read along. I have now finished the second book and just want to thank you for your two wonderful books. Your books gave me a better understand of the situation in Afghanistan because I was young when I left Afghanistan so your books have truly touched my heart. I wish hope you are planning on writing another book.

Bravo Khalid jaan

Sincerely,

Raela
Toronto Canada

Hi --

Last Monday, my cousin gave me a copy of The Kite Runner. I confess that I have never read a single English novel in my entire life! Just to please her, I started reading the book. The read gave me an amazing, wonderful and an unexplainable joy, I must say.
If I ever get to read another English novel in my life -- which I hope I will -- it will only be because of you. You introduced me to the joy of fiction. Bravo.

My eyes are droopy today because I finished the second half of A Thousand Splendid Suns at 4:00 a.m. this morning, having consumed the first half last weekend. I winced as I read the accounts of Mariam and Laila. I am amazed at your ability to write from a behind-the-burqua perspective, and disappointed with the trials Mariam had to endure throughout her life. I found myself wondering why you could not have her reconcile with Jaili when they were both still alive. In any case, the vivid imagery and touching story will remain with me for quite some time. Thank you.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I just read the book The Kite Runner, and I loved it! The plot is absolutely amazing, and the messages are extremely powerful.

Because I wanted to share with my whole english class, how wonderful the book is, and to encourage everyone to read it, I decided that I will do my final project on The Kite Runner.

As I am doing a "step into the shoes of the author" presentation,may I please ask you a couple of questions that will help me find out more information about your thoughts on The Kite Runner, and about yourself.

First I would really want to know what was your intent in writing The Kite Runner, as well as what part of the novel interests you most, and why.I am also wondering which section of the book you found most challenging to write and why.

May I please know what is your favourite song at all times, as I would like to play it softly in the background during my presentation. Also, I would love to know what is your favourite quote at all times or from the book, as I would want to start my presentation with it.

Thank you very much Mr. Hosseini for your help, and for writing The Kite Runner, a very fascinating, and thoughtful story, that teaches everyone who reads it valuable life lessons.

I just got your new book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and I am really excited to start reading it !

Please answer on my e-mail address andrei_tuchi@yahoo.com . Thank you very much again, and I hope to hear from you soon.

Your fan,

Andrei

Dr. Hosseini,

What a pleasure to read your book. Ilook forward to reading your second. I also appreciated your comments I saw on Book TV on C-SPAN.

I came away at the end thinking I got it. Sohrab IS Afghanistan. I pray that we, The United States and NATO who are currently it's stewards, can help heal the deep and disurbing wounds that exist.

Many of those wounds are certainly self-inflicted but many are a direct result of larger conflicts going on around her and then abject neglect on our part. We were not wise.

Based on your prose it is obvious that the effort is worth it.

Sincerely,
Hurley

Mr. Hosseini,

I am an avid reader, partial to Middle Eastern, African, and Indian novels. I do own your first novel, The Kite Runner, however I have not yet had the opportunity to read it. With so many new books making their debut (What is the What, The Reluctant Fundamentalist ..etc.) I have fallen behind in my reading. When I found out you were coming to Portland in one week, I was forced to jump into your second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns.

A splendid surprise it was. It is wonderful. The book captures such an rich picture of the characters that I've become so attached to them, as if I know them. I laugh when they laugh, my stomach aches when they hurt, and I'm always worrying about what will happen next.

This is a book I am proud to walk around with and to engage in conversation about.

Thank you, I will be reading The Kite Runner next ..and you have gained a loyal reader.

I've never commented about a book before on an author's web site, but I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns and I wanted to let you know that I thought it was brilliant. I'm always surprised when male writers seem to be able to see into the hearts of women characters. I loved The Kite Runner but A Thousand Splendid Suns surpasses it.

Dear Khaled:

Your writing is a universal perscription for understanding and healing. I am looking forward to seeing you in Coral Gables on June 24th. Thank you.

The Kite Runner. Poignant,sad,beautiful,inspiring,and also a terrible truth about what humans do to humans.
A wonderful read. Could not put it down. Thank you. Can't wait to read the next one.

Dear Khaled,
This morning, I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns, put the book down, and cried.

Then I went to my computer, logged on to the United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees (UNHCR) website (www.UNrefugees.org), and set up an automatic monthly donation to UNHCR.

I know this is a small thing compared to the enormity of refugee tragedies throughout the world. But it is a step nonetheless. And when many people take such a step, it can become part of a larger journey toward a saner, more compassionate world. That is my hope, at least.

I encourage anyone who reads your books and is moved by them to donate to UNHCR.

Thank you for both of your fearless and compasionate books.
~Tina

Mr. Hosseini,
Shalom from Israel.
I absolutely loved The Kite Runner and I have convinced all of my friends to read it. I am really looking forward to getting my hands on your new book. Based on what I've heard it sounds like in going to love this one too.
Kol Hakavod- Well Done!
Dina

Asalaam Alaikum Mr. Hosseini,

My name is Ms. Tiffany (Mariam) George. I am Muslim by choice, American by nationality and multi-cultural by nature. I am 37. I have spent time in Bahrain for one year. I have traveled to Pakistan (for one glorious month!) and so, needless to say, I am fairly familiar with the cultures. I first picked up your book The Kite Runner in a used book store....not sure if I had come across a "find". The second I read the first page, I knew this would be a book with grace and a powerful message. I want to tell you that as soon as I have the money, I will be buying your new book. My excitement is overwhelming! Your book took me away from reality for a while each day and I believe this new one will too. Kudos to your success! I wish I had the gift of words like you do.

Thank you for such quality writing. I think you should make one of your books into a movie!

Ms. George

Thank you for the two beautiful books you wrote.
This morning i finished your second book, a story, so touching I will never forget.
Susan,
the Netherlands

Mr Hosseini,

I just wanted to say I started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns last night, and although I haven't finished the novel yet, I must admit that you have once again delivered a stunning heart warming gut wrenching novel. I was initially skeptical as to whether you would be able to recreate the magic of Kite Runner in your second novel. You have proved that you could. I'm very selective about the books I read and the authors I enjoy reading and you truly are on the top of the list. You inspire me to not just read but also to write. Thank You

Salaam Mr Hosseini,

Im so proud of you and your book. Through your book i kow so much about my country. I love your 2 books and really hope to see u once in my life and just say how great u write.

Betarin Kitab nuwashta kadden!

Best regards Hossai

I just this moment finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and was wishing there were many more chapters to let me stay with Laila, Tariq and the children. Never have I been so moved by characters in a work of fiction and I find myself not believing that these heroic character are simply figments of your imagination. Sadly, there are probably thousands of women for whom Mariam and Laila speak and you have given voice to their plight in such an eloquent manner. How much we Americans take for granted the everyday conveniences in our lives and how much grace your women show in the absence of virtually all of them. The "Kite Runner" is sitting on my desk and I can hardle wait to begin another journey to your birth country that has suffered so at the hands of zealots. Thank you for the marvelous opportunity to have met two such splendidly awesome women.

Salam Mr.Khaled Hosseini:
I cant thank you and praise you enough for what you have managed to create. I have always had a hard time picking up a book and actually finishing it to the end. A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS is over 300 pgs..in my mind it would have taken me yrs to finish. As soon as i saw it in the bookstore i thought: "My own afghan wrote this"...i have to see what its about, ive heard wonderful things about the Kite Runner(which i did not read yet-sorry to say) so i figured i would go backwards and read this first. I was shocked to finish this book in less then a week! I became so wrapped up into it that when reading at work, i would take a break to use the bathroom and literally tear for few minutes because of the feeling that went through me, the emotions that you were able to exert.
Reading the comments posted to you makes me proud to know that for once, our own afghan man is willing to speak from the woman's heart and soul as well as the heart and soul of the country and its hiostory. the way you were able to bring about some of the history into the book was wonderful because i learned a summary version of things which makes me want to go out and do some serious reading on the details of our history which i havent done yet....
I praise you for your words and way of writing.I have never been so touched by any book that i ever picked up, nor have i ever finished a book in such speed that i did. I'm honored and so happy to know that someone like you is out there, touching and changing lives but also opening up eyes and doors for many others who just dont know or cannot see because it isnt their fault. I cant wait to read the Kite Runner. I hope it doesnt make me cry like this book did. I truly hated the fact that Mariam had to make the sacrifice; i really really wanted her to go with laila, there was a way and i knew she could have taken it...i wished Mariam could have gone back to kolba with Laila and see and experience what Laila was allowed to but then again it woulndt be as powerful as it was if everything ended with a perfect happy ending; it would not have been realistic and probably would not have touched so many people, so i guess i understand. No one ever asks what those women, the innocent children feel, but you were able to reveal that. In our culture there seems to be a disregard for the children's voice and the women's voice, part of the reason why i think we are still a behind. Is it the culture or is the people who run the country i often ask myself. I guess thats a whole different topic thats better left as is for now.
I praise you from the bottom of my heart and i pride myself in afghans like you. I am tired of the afghans who see in one direction, who just cant look at the bigger picture, who are so wrapped up in the negatives of their personal lives and in themselves and forget that they are the lucky ones that got out. I thank you for making a difference and i cannot wait to meet you in Virginia for your book signing. It will be a pleasure and honor to thank you in person and shake your hand!
I hope that the new generation of afghans will learn to look at this culture from a different and more open minded perspective.

You give us hope in the way you make us feel.

May God Bless you. Khudowand as nazare bad negaytonkona!

Omayra

Salamz Khaleed
i only picked up A Thousand Splendid Suns because the author for Kite Runner was same but next thing i know that i finished the book in one sitting. Amazing novel, thankyou for writing such a nice book, which in fiction is so true about how things are.

Khuda Hafiz

Imran

i went to my uni library one night looking for books to occupy my weekend..among others, i found yours..THE KITE RUNNER..i love the cover (here's one cliche..i judge books from their covers)..so i picked THE KITE RUNNER and scan the book after studied the synopsis..well, i loved what i read and decided THE KITE RUNNER to keep me a company the weekend..i just finished reading it now Mr. Hossein and i am stunned..it was a great book..a great journey..a great life..you are a great writer..i fall in love with all the characters..they are so real! THE KITE RUNNER is full of emotion..i cant wait to read your second novel.

Just for the record..i was taken aback to find out that you are still a young handsome man..thought (from the way you write..sagely) you are already 50 or somethin'.

MALAYSIA LOVE YOU MR HOSSEIN

Salaam!!

I cannot believe i just saw you last wednesday at The Bass Hall in Downtown Ft.Worth!! It was just phenomenal meeting you...we took a picture with you too and it will hopefuly appear in the newspapers! I remember i could hardly contain myself upon seeing the creator of the Kite-Runner (my no.1 book beside harry potter).
I started reading the Thousand Splendid Sun (the one that you signed last week!) just last night around midnight and i couldnt stop until dawn broke and the day progressed until i finished it eventually.
I must confess i am a fast reader but i don't remember reading a book as fast as this, because those two women that you created had occupied my mind entirely and it seemed as if i laughed with them, and even cried with them...most of the pages of the book were wet by my tears...
I do not have any more words to describe the prodigious works of yours!!
I await the publication of your other works with great impatience!

Mr. Hosseini,

I have been an avid reader as along as I can remember. I tend to latch onto writers and read all that they produce. I have been searching for a writer as talanted as some of those I remember from childhood. I was ecstatic to find you and your book "The Kite Runner". You are possibly one of the best writers that I have experienced. I am extremely anxious to read your next book. I am a high school librarian at an all girls school and plan to have the them read "A Thousand Splendid Suns". Thank you so much for sharing your talent and your country.

Lauren Hirth

Khaled:
You have written the most touching, feeling and human book I have ever read. Amir and Hassan and the intertwined lives they shared were truly beautiful and heartfelt. You handled your words with great sensitivity and depth. Thank you a thousand times over for it. Maybe God continue to watch over Afghanistan and all of its people and may we all as human beings recognize one day that we all bleed the same color.

Salaam Khaled! I am reading The Kite Runner presently and not a moment goes by that my eyes are not filled with tears. I was born in 1968 and I do not know Afghanistan any other way than how it is today - until your brilliant book. How glorious the Afghani culture is and I'm learning so much more (thus, my greeting to you). How prosperous and rich your country was not too long ago - my heart aches for those who are still suffering in this war-torn country. I pray to God, to Allah, that someday Afghanistan may return to her glory.

May you and your family be blessed with health, happiness and peace.

Barbara

Mr. Hosseini,

I am nineteen years old--a political science and comparative literature double major. However, despite my young age, I have searched for years for an author I can relate to--someone who speaks to me through their writing. The Kite Runner became my favorite book one second after I had finished reading it. A Thousand Splendid Suns has most certainly established you as the writer I hope to someday become.
Your literature has touched my heart in quite inexplicable ways. I cry with your books and I can connect so deeply with your characters. No other book, no other writer has done that for me.
Thank you for your brilliance...your sensitivity...your kindness...your understanding of deep human suffering, of love, of women, of family.
Thank you for your ability to translate the most complex of emotions..
Thank you for making me believe in literature and its power.
I hope to see you at your book signing.
My warmest regards,
Vassi Iliadis

Hi...

At one-thirty last night, I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns...could NOT put it down and when I tried to sleep before finishing it, sleep just did not come.

I read The Kiterunner last year, and immediately went to my computer and tried to find what OTHER books you had written. None! I scanned the best seller lists for news of a new novel by you...and finally, finally, it came out and I immediately got it and read it...

You are a magician with words. Im a 70 year old retired teacher, and only regret I will mostly likely have to wait for the NEXT one...and at my age...PLEASE WRITE SOON!! ( is it presumptuous of me to assume you will be writing yet another one?)

Thank you so much...your books have been the hightlights of the past few years of reading novels.

Walt Seekircher

mr hosseini

i have to send you this quick blog

i was at the dentist yesterday and i was reading your book --"suns"

and i was reading ----chapter 8-----
and i was so over welmed by ---"mariam"
that i was talking out loud and saying --" way to go girl and laughing and could not belive it that she saw him for who he was .
and then i started to cry.

and my dentist looked at me and asked me ---are you crying ---and all i could do was shake my head.
i was so over whelmed --

thank yo sir
chris higdon

Hi...

Just finished reading A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS....I loved the book....It opened my eyes to the reality of life. Your work is spell bounding..I thank you for gifting the world with your great talent of writing.

Hi Mr Khaled,

I have read your "Kite Runner" and I was so impressed with the story and it does until now, never a book can tell a story that made me think such a long-long way country to become so close in my mind. Inspired by your book I learned from many materials about Afghanistan.
Today I found information telling about your new book, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and suddenly I told to my wife who can't wait your next book in Indonesia.
And also I can't wait for the Kite Runner movie in November 2007. I hope it will be as great as the book.
You have a lot of big fans here, I hope you can visit....

My warmest regards to you and your family,
Reza Ardiansyah
Jakarta

Dear Khaled,
did you realize how strong can be the impact of your books for the hearts of a lot of readers ? We find your novels THOUSAND TIMES better of any hystorical book to explain about Afghans and Afghanistan. Me and my wife Roberta, we are grateful to you to give us this opportunity in reading your Literature (both novels) in a world full of "trash". Go on like this, don't stop in giving us so strong emotions and describing so good your country and your people. Next nobel prize should be your.

We wish you well
Carlo e Roberta, together with many Italian friends

Salaam Kahled,

I am writing you this message to thank from the deep of my heart for sharing with us your spirits in the Kite Runner.

I have heard about your book since it was published but ultimately I started reading it last night and finished it today morning. I had to fight against my eyes for about 24 hours. The Kite Runner took me into an intense journey to be-loved, pained Afghanistan. I do not remember when was the last time my eyes teared from a story, The Kite Runner broke my heart. It is the best I have ever red in years! All the respect to you Kahled!

As soon I finished reading the Kite Runner, I immediately ordered your second book “Thousand Splendid Suns” and cannot wait to start reading it.

Myself, I am from Palestine, another painful spot in the Orient! Many parts of the Kite Runner I could re-call from my own life and memories! Since 2002 I live in the Netherlands and work as a lawyer.

I really hope, one day you will visit the Netherlands and I will be honoured to meet you in person.

Best regards,

Salaam,

Sliman Abu Amara

Dr. Hosseini:

I join thousands of readers of your two books around the world heaping generous praises for your remarkable, soaring story-telling gifts. I just put down 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' after only two days of being transfixed by the beauty of your words and the depth and resonance of the characters you shape and give life to. Spellbinding, indeed. I have never written to an author before - mainly because I have not been as moved by a novel in many years as I have have by 'Suns' ... I have yet to read 'The Kite Runner,' but from all the reviews, I know it will be as thoroughly riveting a literary read as many have already said it is. Your vivid, textured portrayal of individual lives (Mariam, Laila, Tariq, Jalil) intertwined with a rich sweep of Afghanistan's history and struggles is breathtaking. Thank you for giving the world a 'connection of empathy and hope' through your two books. All the very best.

Neric Acosta, Philippines

Mr. Khaled,

I cannot say anything that has not been said. As one who cannot imagine life without books, all I can say is thank god you write......you are god gifted. There are not many who can write like you do. The only othe writer I can think of is Rohinton Mistry. And the only other books I can think of is "The Grapes of Wrath" or "To Kill A Mockingbird"

I read The Kite Runner ages ago. And I cannot bear to re-read it because you made me cry. I bought "A Thousand Splendid Suns" as soon as it came out but I have not read it. I am savouring the wait. I know I will love it. But if I read it, I will finish it in a day, I know. I much rather know it is there and I can read it. It is still not read!!!!

I am speechless and you are the Best. I CANNOT wait to read your second novel.

Hello Khaled,

I ran across your book, Kite Runner, today at the bookstore and paused when I saw your name. It felt familiar to me and brought me back to High School. I believe you to be the same person with whom I shared a few classes. I have already read the first chapter and cannot wait to have a quiet moment to sit and read the rest of the book. Your writing is graceful...I remembered you as always being kind and thoughtful. It's nice to read that your books are being appreciated.
Best of luck with your second novel.

Sincerely,
Bereit Eineichner

2007/06/14

I started reading 1000 splendid suns last Sat. and finished it by next day. I couldn't put the book down. It is fantastic and I am so proud of you for being such an honest and creative story teller. The kite Runner was the story every Afghan Kid living in Afghanistan and abroad in that period of time, but the story of 1000 spendid suns is the story of every woman's strugle in life, no matter where they live. I loved it. Keep up the good work.

Dear Mr Khaled,

Grazie, grazie, grazie ("Thank you" in Italian) for writing such a fantastic book!
The Kite runner has been so moving, so catching, so interesting I simply couldn't manage to leave it apart to study for my university exam...;-)
I LOVED IT, got fond of Hassan and Amir, ofBaba and of sweet Sohrab, and your amazing writing has really touched my heart in depth.
It was also shocking for me to get the sense that Talibans belong to humanity indeed, despite their cruelty, and assisting, though partially, to the growth of one of them (nasty Assef, I've hated him so much!) made me think that the world's future is in the hand of education, and a book like yours should be read for centuries, for all those people whoo still play with racism, not understanding what it could take to.
Thank you so much again, you've been great.
Looking forward to reading "A thousand splendid suns"...:-)
Veronica, Milan, Italy

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

Having read The Kite Runner in less than 24 hours, I couldn't wait to grab a copy of A Thousand Splendid Suns.I just finished reading it. I have no words. Beeing Bosnian, I've been through the war myself. I don't want to compare our tragedies, however, I need to say that what happened in Afghanistan is beyond belief. I can't wait for the chance to visit your beautiful country.
Your book, Mr. Hossaini, has changed something inside me, forever. Please keep writing.

Azra

Dear Mr. Hosseini-

I just finished your new book which is just as phenomenal as your first. God has gifted you with brilliance, talent and excellence. Thank you for sharing your work with the world. I could not put either of these books down once I started them. Thank you....!!!

I have almost finished churning through "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and am experiencing those contrary feelings familiar to readers when they are completeing an emotionally entrancing story, a compulsive need to know the how the story plays out, yet not wanting the pleasure of reading it to end, leaving a hollow space to be filled where the story once was.

Mr. Hosseini,
I purchased The Kite Runner in the airport on my way to spend a weekend with my boyfriend at his training base in Kansas before he deployed to Kabul for a year. Our discussions were lively for those three days! He has now been in Afghanistan for a few months and has read the book also. I believe your perspective has helped him form his own. He has conveyed that there is a dramatic mixture of beauty and suffering. Your book gave us both more meaning to his mission. Thank you.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I read The Kite Runner at the time when I have questioned my own personal integrity. In addition to painting a more accurate picture of your beautiful and long-suffering country, you painted an even more accurate picture about the human character. I recognized myself in almost all characters in the book. It was the great comfort to me to be assured by you that we, as humans, contain an equal capability of being devoted and compassionate, and at the same time, inconceivably cruel towards each other.
I loved the book so much because it talks about how a wrong decision to do or not to do something can haunt you all your life. It also shows and confirms the fact that life always gives you a second chance. You can be good again and although the person you hurt may not benefit from your goodness, someone else will.
I consider The Kite Runner one of the greatest acquisitions in this lifetime of mine and for that I am so grateful to you. I already gave it to so many people as a gift and I can tell you that your book changed all of their lives in some way.

Please,please, never stop writing!

Your forever faithful reader

Jelena Glumac

Hey Khaled,

I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and it was FANTASTIC!!! You are such a great author and I appreciated every page of that book. I also read Kite Runner and I love the way you captured the culture and language of Afghanistan so that myself and other Americans could understand it. Before reading these books Afghanistan was a scary place to me (due to the Taliban of course) because I am only 21 and most of my academic life they have been in control. Thank you for teaching me the beauty of Afghanistan and sharing a taste of its culture.

Also, for many years I have been against war over seas and the USA intervening in other nations "problems" but after reading this book, I now see the how it has benefited the people who live there. Many Americans like myself dont appreciate our freedom and mostly we worry about how the Taliban, Al-Queda and other terrorits have effected us without thinking of how they affect the people.

Tashkor!

Dr. Hosseini,
Since returning to UGA, it had been several years since I had picked up a book to read for pleasure.
I cannot tell you how pleased I am that my choice was The Kite Runner. Your writing leaves a haunting impression and a lasting reminder that life's struggles know no cultural boundaries. We are all united in the human experience, are we not?
I could not wait to move on to A Thousand Splendid Suns. I was moved on an even more personal level.
Now, what do I read, Dr. Hosseini? I'm afraid that is the problem with writing such as yours. One cannot wait to get to the end of the book, then is sad to have no more to read.
I will anxiously await your next insights into the hearts of those you choose to portray.
Thank you so much.
Cindy
Oxford,GA

Mr. Hosseini,

I read the "Kite Runner" the week it came out and found it to be one of the most touching and brilliant stories I have ever read. I cried and laughed and couldn't put it down until I was finished. I just heard that your second book has come out and can't wait to get my hands on it. As a fellow Afghan (and Kizilbash at that), your talent in bringing stories alive is inspirational. MK,Esq.

Please let us know if you need more paper & pencils to continue your wonderful writing! I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns - it is so nice to see beautiful Afghanistan through your loving eyes - thank you for opening the window to see that we all do have more in common that differences.

May you have a Thousand Splendid Suns!

Dear Khaled,

I just finished to read "Thousand Splendid Suns", which I could not put down once I started, as many other readers.

I read many books, but this is the first time that I feel the need to personally thank the author.

Thank you for telling us in such a passionate, simple and touching way stories from Afghanistan, from women, men and children. Your books enreached the heart and the life of the people who read them.

Grazie!

Katia
(Italy)

hi mr. hosseini,
i was a freshman in college this past year and we had to read your book The Kite Runner in honor of our new president who was from Afghanistan. In my classes we had several projects from the book such as term papers, presenations. And your book became one of my favorites reading it around 3 times. And i got your new book yesterday from Borders, and im on the last chapter already. Your a great writer just thought id share :)

I just want you to know.. I finally read The Kite Runner 2 months ago..
I cried like a child...
I believe it should be required reading in our High Schools... I believe many of our jaded self-involved youth will gain from the read and hopefully learn compassion.

I look forward to reading the next novel. I will not wait a year to read it..

Thank you

Hi Khaled,
you left me speachless and rich inside this time as well. I suffered with your characters but I also felt their joy and love. You say most comes from your imagination. But you can see deep inside people's feelings because the emotions are real!!!!

Thank you for telling me this story!!!
This made me feel good.

I can't wait to read your next book.
Tonia
Altamura ,Bari ITALY

Dear Mr. Hosseini

There is not much I can say really, because everyone who has commented have said exactly what I felt when I read Kite Runner. I did have starting problems with the book, where I started and never went past a certain page. It happened twice but the third time around when I started all over, there was not stopping.

It was love at third sight to be precise. You have an amazing skill of writing. There is pain, beauty, emotions, brilliance, simplicity. Not ashamed to say that I had tears in my eyes too and when I tried explaining certain incidents from the book to my husband, I just could not do it and was choking.

Have been looking on the web about information on your next book. Just found out yesterday about A Thousand Splendid Suns. I can not wait to get my hands on it.

Thank you for giving us such a masterpiece. I am sure Thousand Suns will be another masterpiece. Like everyone here, let me also say that please do not stop writing.

I will stop here by saying..."For you, a thousand times over !"

Thank you
Jayashree, Melbourne.

Your books have touched me in the way no others have. This afternoon I finished "A Thousant Splendid Suns" and I closed it with tears streaming down my face. Last year the book club I belong to read "The Kite Runner." We were all so impressed by it; everyone agreed that it was an awesome read. I did not want to read a book about war because I read about it in the newspaper daily. You have opened my mind and heart to the people of Afghanistan and I constantly wonder how the USA could go to war under false pretenses. It would not surprise me to see "A Thousand Splendid Suns" as a winner of a Nobel Prize in Literature. Many splendid thanks to you.

Susan, Orange County, California

I just finished A Thousand Spendid Suns. It moved me even more than The Kite Runner. Thank you for introducing me to the history and people of Afghanistan. They now have special meaning for me and a place in my heart.

Thank you,
Candice

Dr. Khaled,

I first saw you on C-span Book TV a few weeks ago and decided that minute to buy both of your books which I did 5 days ago. I gave Kite Runner to my daughter to read first and I chose to read A Thousand Splendid Suns. Today, 5 days later, we have finished our respective novels and exchanged one for the other, both of us eager to read the other one.

As I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns I prayed for the Taliban to be somehow swept off the face of the earth forever. I gave thanks I live as a free woman in America. You have captured the very essence of love and courage in this book. And, this may sound rather strange, but I even found myself wanting to taste some of the foods the characters ate, foods which I've never tasted but seemed quite appealing.

My God bless these people of Afghanistan and give them some peace at long last.

Dear Khaled, I have just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns, and I'm so moved that I'm sitting here writing with tears in my eyes. I thank you so much for making the people of Afghanistan so real and their awful suffering so believable.I loved The Kiterunner too and could not get it out of my mind and could hardly wait for your next book. You are a wonderful writer and so easy to read and you make the people come alive.
Looking forward to your next book!
Thank you! Lottie, VernonBC Canada

Mr. Hosseini,

I really loved the Kite Runner and have just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. They are both fantastic stories. I also hear the Kite Runner film will be coming out in November and I can't wait for it. Thank you for writing such great novels

your fan,
Rohit

Hi Khaled,

Someone gave me the "The Kite runner" and told me it was a good book. I was in the middle of "Catch 22" at the time and i just kept your first book in a pile of other books that needed reading. Last night i picked it up and just read a few pages. Brilliant!. I loved it, finished it in a day. Keep up the good work, looking forward to reading your second novel I'm sure it will be as good as the first, because i know i cant get any better than the first.

Thanks,
Mujahid.

Khaled yo have got that amazing skill of connecting with the readers of your book. I have started reading A thousand splendid suns, but your Kite runner tops my favourite list.... You are simply awesome.

Assalamualaikum Mr.Hosseini,

I first saw the advertisement for 1000 splendid suns in a local newpaper and after reading the synopsis,i thought i must myself one. It happened to be a birthday present from a friend just yesterday. It's something in it that touches the heart, and i do hope u could keep on churning out novels of such a nature and better. There's a part of everyone in there no matter which part of the world one comes from. I hope to write one day too. Thanks a lot and Khuda hafiz.

Dear Khaled,

I am tremendously falling short of words to explain what exactly I felt after reading "The Kite Runner". Its simply fanstastic, sorrowful and truly fascinating in all senses! I found myself in tears so many times when i was reading the novel. A truly touching experiance....indeed!

I was simply unable control my tears when Hassan & Ali leave Baba's House and Amir is watching them from window of his room and then....the unexpected rains. I so much felt like, Amir will surely go and stop them.(Being Indian, I will surely think like a Hindi Movie and would have ran after the car!) And whatever happens later is a sequel to that particular incident.

Baba Jaan characters is simply great and resembles exactly like my Daddy ji. Till his last moment, Baba kept on doing good things for Amir,the way my dad did for me till his last moment. I again saw myself crying when Baba Jaan was on his death bed in the story, I profouldly missed my Dad!
But as they rightly say in Afgan...."Zindegi migzara".....

KHALED, please please keep writing such books. You have every small quality in you what it takes to be a big writer!

Today I shall be starting "A Thousand Splendid Suns" but the problem with your books is,it keeps me totally hooked and occupied and being a consultant dermatologist, my practise suffers!!! (laughs out loud)

I would love to meet you some day and would love to kiss your hands which write such great books!

India is waiting to see you....I will be there for you when ever you visit India

Love you Khaled Jaan and I pray for peace and progess in Afghanistan.....

Tashakor

Dr. AjitSingh
India

Dear Mr. Hosseini

Thank you so much for bringing two new "favorit books" into my life. Actually You are quoting another one of my favorit books in "a thousand splendid sund" - Kahlil Gibrans The Prophet. A book I have quoted in speaches and letters for many years now.

When I was reading "the kiterunner" my 8 year old son asked me what I was reading. Hmmm.. what do you answer a child of that age? I decided to tell him about the part where the Father tells Amir that the worst sin is stealing - the parent of all sins. We talked about that and as the very bright child he is, he thought a lot about it. A couple of days later his teacher told me about an episode earlier the same day. My son and another boy from his class were talking and having fun in the classroom. She asked them to keep quiet...and had to ask a couple of times before she caught their attention. My son looked at her and said with a serious voice "you know that the worst sin is stealing and right now you are stealing our right to behave childish...." She told me that she found it very hard to make a fast come-back on thatone, mainly because she had a hard time holding back laughter... Carefull of what you tell your children :o) Need I say that we had a little mother-son talk that evening?

Actually I bought "The kiterunner" for my husbond, but now I´m having a hard time trying to convince him to read it because he saw me crying so many times when I read it.

Thank You so much for the two wonderful books.

Bine

Denmark

Dear Khaled,

I am a 66-year old Jewish woman living in Tennessee who never gave much of a thought to Afghanistan - that is before I read your books. You have brought to life and made human a group of people many of us never considered before. And, you have done it not only effectively but eloquently. How I treasure your books, and look forward to the next one. You are, indeed, a gifted story teller as well as a great humanitarian, and I thank you for opening my eyes to a larger world.

Judie

Dear Mr. Hosseini,
I have been an avid reader of fiction and novels for over 25 years. Never before have I been so furious with and ultimately so proud of a fictional character. I must say that when I finished the last page of The Kite Runner, I was ready to start at the beginning and read it again. Instead, though, I will be reading your new release. I just hope it is as wonderful as your first...

Best of luck to you and thank you for sharing your wonderful talent of writing. You have touched many lives and have opened many eyes to what Afghanistan must have been like when you were a boy.

Carol

A Thousand Splendid Suns- fabulous!!
Hope you are working on the next one already.

Dear Dr. Hosseini,

I stayed up until 1:30 am last night finishing The Kite Runner. It was a beautiful, moving book. You have a wonderful talent and have brought attention to Afghanistan. I think this book would open almost any heart. I look forward to reading more by you.

Best wishes.

Dear Khaled bhaiyah,

i started a thousand splendid suns last night and it kept me hooked till 3 am and on and on till late afternoon today. I wonder how u managed to touch and pull so many strings of the heart with so well defined (sentimentally) but meagerly explained (in physical attributes) characters. So well said in so little words, that's what makes an incredible writer.

this is the first time i cried so many times while not even reaching halfway through the novel. Its just amazing the way u write. Please continue... u have become one of my favourite authors.

May God bless u,
mariam aisha

i've read the italian version od thousands of splendid suns..it's a very beautiful book..compliments

I just wanted to express how great of a writer Khaled Hosseini is. His books are truly a different type of reading experience which cannot be compared to any other novels. I read the Kite Runner when it came out, and just a few days ago, A thousand Splendid Suns. I could not put this book down. Though I was in the midst of exam week and had work, I could not posssibly put this book down and read it every spare second. As an Afghan in North America your books gave me an honest first hand experience of Afghanistan and I feel as if I have actually been there (though I haven't)I'm very pleased that readers around the world can understand the Afghan situation better now, and particualrly those of Afghan women. I hope I can meet Khalid Hosseini one day, and that he reads this comment. Regards

I just finished reading The Kite Runner. I found it to be very moving. My heart ached for Amir and Hassan. Thank you for bringing this story to life for us. I am a moslem, my mother is not. For her whole life she thought of Afghanis, Iraqi, Moslems, etc as less than favorable people. Thank you for letting her see a human side to human people. A glimpse into a land she and I knew nothing about, but a land of people just as proud, loving, protective, and adventureous as we are. I hope you will continue with this gift that God has given you. I look forward to more stories. Thank you a thousand times for you. Lisa Saleh

Just would like to say you are an amazing writer you are. The Kite Runner was a beautiful book. I am so very grateful for such great reading. Your books provide such a vivid picture of people and life. I appreciate all the time and effort you have placed in your work. I am reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. I take the train to work every morning which is my reading time. Since starting this book I wish I could stay on the train longer in the mornings to read. I hope to see another one of your books very soon.
Mandeep Smith
BSN,RN

I was in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Peshawar, West Pakistan, from 1968 to 1970. During this time, I visited Kabul many times and grew to love the city and its kind and generous people. I regret that I never saw the giant Buddha statues of Bamyan Valley- now gone forever!

I loved "Kite Runner" and hope that you have the same success with "A Thousand Spendid Suns"!

Khaledjan,
I just finished reading 'The Kite Runner'. Really enjoyed it. The way you combined emotions, cultures, and political events was really interesting and instructive.

Hope to read your new book sometime.

"The Kite Runner" is one of my all-time favorite books - reading it brought out so many different emotions. I was so excited to hear about "A Thousand Splendid Suns." I am near the end of it now - and it is every bit as moving and gripping as "The Kite Runner." I was about an hour late this morning because I could not put it down! Thank you so much for sharing these stories - they have helped me put my own very insignificant "problems" into perspective. I eagerly await your next novel!

I just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and I must say, you have outdone yourself Khaled! It was beautiful, poetic and moving. For some reason, I was well into the book before I realized that Laila and I are the same age. To think of going through what her character had gone through in the 28 years of my life was insurmountable.

Thank you Khaled for this spectacular novel!

I have read both of your books and they are wonderful. I hope to see a continuation of Tariq and Liala'a family and their progress in Afghanistan and maybe visions of wisdom from Mariam. Of course you could probably write a whole novel just above Zalmai and even Aziza.

I live in American and your books certainly opened my eyes. I will always have a part of Afghanistan in my heart. Thank you for sharing these wonderful stories.

A friend, Sharon

Caro Mr. Khaled
scrivo in italiano perchè grazie ai suoi meravigliosi libri sento con orgoglio di amare la mia terra e il paese, nonostante le sue contraddizioni. Uso la mia lingua per comunicare quello che il cuore dice in un solo unico linguaggio.
Ho letto i suoi libri e sopratutto il secondo, Mille Splendidi Soli, mi ha commosso, pervaso profondamente, unito intimamente a queste donne sorelle sofferenti e grandi, tanto grandi nella loro dignità.
Grazie di avermi dato emozioni sopite da tempo, grazie di aver risvegliato il mio cuore
Grazie. Con tutta la riconoscenza che posso
Rosella

Dear Khaled
I first wrote to you after The Kite Runner and thanked you for that amazing tale.

I am now reading the last pages of A Thousand Splendid Suns and I do not want it to finish.

I had a vague idea of what happened to Afghanistan but your writings bring the sad reality to life.
You are a born storyteller and I hope you continue regaling us with these harrowing but wonderful tales of human resilience.

Shukran!

Mr. Hosseini,
I do not typically e-mail (blog) authors, however, I needed an outlet to express just how moved I was by your novel, "A Thousand Splendid Suns." I have awaited its publication for so long and when it finally arrived it took me no time at all to read through the pages. I managed to not cry until I finally closed the book and then found it so difficult to stop. Though this was fiction, it is the reality of so many people in war torn countries and when those stories are personalized they are so much closer to ones heart.

Kudos to you on your work with UNHCR. I admire their organization and the work they do. I have been working toward developing a program to educate people in my own community about the plight of refugees and human rights. It is such important work. God be with you on your journey.

Elizabeth

Khaled, Habib, How impertinent of me to
address you in any such personal way, but you have entered my thoughts and heart to a
depth which no other author has achieved.
Like many others, I was swept away by the
Kite Runner, but this last effort should
not be compared to that first. A thousand Splendid Suns was more necessary, more poetic
and spoke of in a man's eloquent voice the
the sad song of women all over this world.
Even though many of us, as Rasheed said, had
to be given some perspective. Our own
little piece of the problem does not compare to those whose shares are doled out in War.
The Kite Runner was full of delight. Suns
had so many tears. I had to stop myself from
crying so many times, lest I fall away in grief. It must have been enormously hard to
write. I am worried about you. This pair of
historical novels is your gift to the world
and hopefully will cause some understanding
to happen. So take care of yourself for a
while and find some good reasons to smile.
I know it's hard to feel entitled when so many people in the world are suffering. You must
though. Your voice is the most powerful
oration for justice we have at present. Your
birth has given Afghans and Americans reason
to celebrate. There is hope for this species yet. Thank-you so much,

Karen

Dear Mr. Husseini,

I just finished your second book, I don't think I have ever been so anxious to buy any other book than yours and finish it within three days. As your first book it was written so beautiful that you can not put it down and that's what happened to me today I stayed home all day to finish the book since you put me through such a roller coaster that I had to find out what happens at the end.
I don't think I can wait for another two years until your next book so I hope you are thinking of writing one in the near future.
Thank you again for such beautiful stories.
atoosa

To Mr. Hossieni~
I just put down "A Thousand Splendid Suns." I don't think I ever cried reading a book-until this one. It is unforgettable... I had to remind myself a man wrote this book (although surely, a man sharing a woman's heart)! It made Afghanistan as well as any war torn corner of the world come to life and their plight. I felt completely immersed with the characters and their world. May a thousand splendid suns rain down on the women of Afghanistan, Darfur, Somalia,etc..."God Bless us every one".

Thank you for two splendid books! WOW! I just finished the second and it was amazing. I was so moved in Kite Runner - cried and grimmaced but it was beautiful. The second was even more wonderful than the first.
Loved it!!
Can't wait for more!
Deanna

Thank you for both of your books, Mr. Hosseini. I just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" a moment ago and just had to communicate to you how grateful I am for your writing it. I have learned so much about Afghanistan and the Middle East -- facts that I would never have had the opportunity to, without reading your books. And, of course, Laila, Tariq and the others will take their rightful place in my heart with Amir, Hasan, and Baba. I loved "The Kite Runner," and I was pleased to revisit some of the same sites from that book in your new one (the orphanage, the stadium, etc.) - you are a truly gifted and talented storyteller.

Thank you again -

Beth

P.S. As a native of the SF Peninsula, I loved reading about Fremont (where we lived from 1989-1993), Los Altos Hills, etc. in "The Kite Runner!"

Dear Mr. Hosseini,
As a casual reader, I was quite upset that I couldn't put The Kite Runner down. I read it in two sessions. I stayed up one night to finish it and that really fouled up my schedule for two days! To continue my woes, my wife bought me A Thousand Splendid Suns. I have been reluctant to start it until friday (today) so at least I have my weekend to cushion the anticipated scheduling pitfalls.

For my sake, please make your third novel less interesting so it will put me to sleep like what I am used to.

On the 15th of June, two days before my birthday, I began A Thousand Splendid Suns (a gift from my dear friend and kindred spirit Laura) at 11:00 a.m., and it was finished on the 16th by 11:00 p.m. Because of having to get some sleep on Friday night, errands, gardening, going out for dinner, etc., I had to stop a few times. I am at a loss for words about this great insight you have poetically and compassionately presented. You, sir, overwhelm me and it is indeed a privilege to read every word. I will never look at snow the same way again. A thousand thank yous for blessing our world with your great gift of telling the stories of these two women . . . and teaching us about the horrors of continuous wars and conflicts that the people of Afghanistan have had to endure. At times you literally took my breath away as I was totally lost into these characters' lives. They are unforgettable.

Dr. Hosseini,

I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and was deeply touched. Unfortunately, this is the first book I have read in quite a while. But, your gift of capturing stories and souls has renewed my interest in reading and has inspired me to contribute to aide in Afghanistan. Thank you for your wonderful stories. What's next?

Stacy

Thank you, Mr. Hosseini, for the wonderful gift you have given to all of us of sharing the stories of your people and your land. Sadly, before your books I fear most of the world was oblivious, naive, ignorant, uninterested and worse, judgmental about Afghanistan. You have brought Afghanistan to life! I hope this understanding reaches those who could bring positive changes. The Kite Runner was my favorite read of 2006 and Splendid Suns is even better! I could not put it down - it's now 4:30 a.m. and I have read all night till the last chapter - I will put it down now so that I can process it and savor the anticipation of reading that last chapter. I know that all of us who read your books will never be able to look away again.

Thank you for this jewel, this marve[ous window into Afghan culture, so remote to us and yet so close.A Thousand Splendid Sun will provide my students with an insight into Afghan history as well as a deep reflection on the universality of human cruelty, suffering, love and redemption.
This is the book I wanted for them, thank you so much for your talent and generosity.
Warmest regards
Nelly

Dear Mr. Hosseini:

Simply: Thank you for your two beautiful books: Kite Runner and A Thousand Splended Suns. I couldn't help but race through them to find out what happens next. However, I am looking forward to the "second read" when I can savour your glorious way of describing events, environment and feelings.

And, thank you for opening a window to Afghanistan and its people to one who knows only what is written in the papers and magazines by journalists. Clearly, Afghans are strong and independent and I wonder at their fortitude in surviving the centuries of onslaught by outsiders.

In great admiration, I remain, sincerely, Sandra

I just closed A Thousand Splendid Suns and just had to write to you. Thank you for another excellent read. I loved it, just as I loved The Kite Runner.

When will your next book be out?!!! I had the same thought, when I closed The Kite Runner (which, by the way, made me cry out loud).

You have helped me grow so much in my understanding of Afghanistan and its people. I now understand.

And - I will NEVER feel sorry for myself again, when I'm sick and have access to excellent medical care, or am tired from a long day of work and go home to an abundance of fresh food, a nice home, and most of all a loving and respectful husband.

You have changed me forever!

Marie

Mr. Hosseini,

Thank you for giving your readers such wonderful books to read.

I have just started reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and I must say, the begining itself is so intresting that makes me think how would Mariam's life be in the coming pages of the book.

Geeta.

Dear Mr. Hosseini-
Thank you, thank you, thank you! A Thousand Splendid Suns is one of the best books I've ever read. It makes you want to recommend it to everyone you know that is a reader. I will be letting my cousins know about this one too! I already recommended the Kite Runner to them. You are a talented and gifted writer. When reading your books it seems as though I am right there with your characters. I read it in 2 days because I couldn't quit reading it. Now its kind of sad that its over. I loved Miriam the best. Its like my friend Kim said, she was ready to reread it right when she got done with it. But it was my turn to read it next. Thank you again, you have another fan for life. Keep them coming and we will keep reading them. Be Blessed! Clare

Dear Mr. H-
Someting else I wanted to share with you.I am a very emotional person and have cried at quite a few books in my time. I was on the last 2 pages of A Thousand Splendid Suns, I was at work, and was starting to cry. I had to put the book down and finish it alone in my car at lunch. I resumed my reading a few minutes later, said to myself "good no crying now." Oh, was I wrong, I got to the very last sentence and cried like a baby! That has never happended before. The last sentence... That's some powerful words! Clare

I just finished reading this book & it was one of the best books i have ever read. It really opened my eyes to a new world. I laughed & cried. All you ever hear on the news is the negative & this made me realize that most people no matter where they come from just want to live a peaceful, love filled life. This is now my favorite book & the best book i've read in a LONG time. Thank you for writing this book. I really feel everyone should have an opportunity to read this book. I've already passed it on to a couple of people for them to read. I also just finished your second book & that was just as good & can't wait until your next book! Looking foward to it!

I finally had the time to finish the book I bought a month ago. I'm italian, I bought it in english (couldn't wait to get back home)..and my knowledge of english is not so good: generally it takes me a while to read foreign languages books. Your incredibly touching story took me awake overnight. I thought that I'd hardly find another story as good as The Kite Runner, but this one happened to be so beautiful and moving, that all I can say is

I'm truly thankful.

Mr. Hosseini

I was given your first novel by one of my favorite teachers, my senior year literature teacher, and became instantly enchanted and seduced by it. your diction, characters, plots, words, etc made me be completely absorbed into both The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. even more now i appreciate the middle eastern culture and see its real beauty through the eyes of your characters. thank you for your books and works in this world that have provided fans like me to see these new perspecitves. Your novels speak volumes...and forces the reader to self-examine their lives and relationships. Please continue to write these novels...you are not only a beautiful writer but an amazing spokesperson and journalist through these novels and i can do nothing but have pure admiration and respect for you because of it.

thank you.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I have read both of your books and I must compliment you on your magnificent story telling style. The characters came to life in my mind as if I knew them. I looked foward to reading about my new friends with each flip of the page. I loved both books and cannot wait for you next masterpiece.

Thank you.

Gloria Ibarra-Dolema

Dear Mr. Hosseini, last year I read the "Kite Runner" and loved it. At one point I had to re-read the cover to ensure it was fiction. Ten minutes ago I finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns." The book was stunning. So real, so sad, so powerful. Your writings are waking up the people of the world. I'll be holding my breath awaiting your third novel...Thank You.

Ken Putnam
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
Canada

DEAR KHALED,

GREETING FROM INDIA - MUMBAI.

I THINK I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO STARTED WITH A "A Thousand Splendid Suns" AND FINISHED WITH THE KITE RUNNER.

I AM UTTERLY DISSAPPOINTED THAT YOU HAVE ONLY 2 BOOKS TO YOUR CREDIT TILL NOW.

WHEN WILL I GET TO READ THE NEXT BOOK. THERE ARE NO WORDS TO EXPRESS THE FEELING ONE GOES THRU WHILE READING YOUR BOOKS.

AT ONE POINT YOU ARE ACTUALLY CRYING AND THE OTHER YOU ARE LAUGHING OUT LOUD.

THANKS A TON FOR YOUR BOOKS THEY ARE GREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAT.

SHOBHA

I just finished reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" last night. It's an awesome book, a book that everyone should read at least once in his or her lifetime. While I liked "The Kite Runner" a little more (I'll rate "The Kite Runner" a 9.9 out of 10 whereas I'll rate "A Thousand Splendid Suns" a 9.7 out of 10), I really admire the fact that "A Thousand Splendid Suns" is from the largely from perspective of two women and yet you did such a good job writing it.

Wow. I just finished reading your novel just last night and went to bed with tears in my eyes. i can't tell you of all the emotions that went through my head as i was reading, though im not afghani, i am a american muslim and truly felt that i scence love for this book.

Thank you for writng it, all the way through i was just thinking that it just might be an autobiography. it sounded that real.

thanks a thousand and thousand times over.

I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns yesterday, and like many others who have posted their comments, I also cried the entire second half of the book. After I read the Kite Runner, it was moved to my the top of my favorite books of all time. I didn't think another book could be as good. After a friend of mine read it, who also had the Kite Runner on the top of her list, she said "I think it could have topped it." I didn't think it was possible, until i finished it yesterday.
It is truly the best story I have ever read. I was partially crying at the end because I wasn't ready to say goodbye to the wonderful characters in the book. I am already waiting for the next book of yours!!!! Congrats to you, another outstanding novel.

Dear Mr. Hossieni

Greetings from Washington, DC

I just finished your latest novel and it touched me even more than the Kite Runner. You are truly and amazing writing. I have never cared for characters the way I have with your stories. Sadly I was not able to see you when you visited the campus of George Mason University. I hope one day soon you visit the area again.

I look forward to your next book
Ana

I am a Chinese college student and i'm just about to finish reading The Kite Runner. It's such a great book that i have cried at several lines, when Baba died, when Amir marries....I'm at the point where Rahim Khan is telling Amir about Hassan, i can't wait to finish the book, it's a thrilling and deeply touching experience reading your story. I myself like to write very much, and have written a story in English. It always fascinates me when i read and write. I'm looking forward to reading your new book. I am getting it from the US since we don't have the ENglish in China yet.
Thank you for your outsanding work, i seriously believe you have made a lot differences in the world. I admire your efforts very much.

I just bought your book A thousand Splendid Suns.I read the Kite Runner and enjoyed it very much .I am from Morocco and living in Santa Barbara, California..I am ashamed to say that I didn't know much about Afghanistan you described in your book.Thank you for that.I 'll be going to France next week and coudn't pick better travel companion than your book.
Thanks a mllion
Fatiha

Khaled Jan,

I have read your book and could not believe an Afghan being away for many years from his homeland and could write up a book like this. Absolutely amazing. I am proud of you Khaled jan absolutely proud!!! May God give you more and more energy to write such books as The Kite Runner and keep entertaining and informing not only Afghans and other people about facts of life in Afghanistan in a amazing and great way that cannot be narrated or pictured out by any other means as effectively as you have done it in your book. I must tell you that I am eagerly wait for A Thousand Splendid Suns!

Kamgar was Maufaq bashii Khaled Jan Gul

Ihsanullah Dileri

I sincerely enjoyed your two novels! You transcend time and place with your focus on the strength of the human condition and what it can and will endure. I have a question that I hope can be answered. My son returned from a military tour in Afghanistan and he brought home a couple of artistic creations; one a bull and the other a tea server. He said they were both constructed from the various shell casings that local artisans pick up. The creations are utterly beautiful. Has anyone heard of this cottage industry? It is a powerful image of the ability to use what is at hand to survive.

Mr. Khaled,

I though your book the Kite rinner was brilliant. And then I read a Thousand Splendid Suns and was even more impressed. You are a brilliant writer and will buy anything else you write.
Keep them coming,

Natalie

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I wanted to thank you for teaching the world about Afghanistan and its culture. I think you have raised awareness through your books that couldn’t have been found through media. As an Afghan girl and a teacher, I appreciate that your books have educated the world about the hardships that afghan people face. I love your books, and I am looking forward for the next one.

An afghan girl,
Mary
LA Ca USA

Dear Mr. Hossieni,
As promised I started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns on Friday and finished Sunday morning. Now that I have your books consumed , I can go back to my casual reading pattern.

Kirk

Dear Mr Hosseini,

Just finished reading the book. Had read so many reviews recommending it but I never thought I would be able to relate to a story from a world so distanced from mine (India) and of which I knew so little – the people, culture, climate – everything. But reading this reaffirms my faith that human emotions, what we understand of the greatness and weaknesses of character, and things we treasure most – family, friendships, watan, our soil, our childhood home - are the same for people anywhere in the world.

best wishes,
shefali

The Kite Runner was by far the best book I have ever read - I tell everyone about it and have bought it for about 10 people for birthdays etc., I couldn't believe it was a work of fiction - to me it was so real - I felt for the characters , I could visualise them and hardly put the book down from the time I started it. My children who are 17 & 15 have both read it.
Thank you so much for a wonderful experience.
I have just been given a copy of your new book -I am going on holidays next week and will try to resist starting the book before then.
I can't wait !!

I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns,oh my gosh what a book! I loved it, I laughed and cryed. I will tell all my reading friends about this book. They have to read it, it is a must read! Thank you, Ronda

Now I must read The Kite Runner and then of course the others to come.

Dear Khaled,

Greetings from Dublin Ireland.

I read the Kite Runner and have since bought it for all my friends and family to read also. Rarely does a book have such a profound impact on me. I cried out loud at an airport while travelling on my own... It is a very rare and special book so thank you for writing it.

As soon as A Thousand Splendid Suns came out I read it as well. I loved every page of it and felt very privileged to have been offered such a beautifully described insight into a world so different from my own. So thank you again. Please keep writing for as long and as much as possible.

And please do consider coming to Dublin, you have a lot of fans here.

Milla

Hi
I'm Imma, an italian girl. I read Kite Runner last summer and I belived it was the greatest book I have ever read... but I was wrong...because I'm reading A thousand Splendid Suns that is giving me strong emotions!
thanksssssssss

I haven't read 'A Thousand Splendid Suns' yet. I bought 'The Kite Runner' a couple of days back since everybody seemed to be raving about it. I wasn't sure if it would live up to its reputation, but yes, 'For you, a thousand times over'...I would say yes. Your narrative is incredibly crafted, as fragile and as bittersweet as childhood itself. There were many moments in the book when I almost knelt down in prayer in my desperation to keep the characters in the story safe. And I am an atheist. You are an amazing craftsman, it must have been quite draining to let your heart bleed to write a tale like this...quite like the man in Amir's first story who must shed tears to get pearls...I am glad you did not smell an onion to fake it.

I can't wait to read your next book, please keep writing.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

In the last four days, I have read both The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. I was awe-struck by the magnificence of these stories. Your characters were not just simply names on a page, but real people, and I was actually a little angry with you when first Hassan and then Mariam were killed. But I knew it had to be so, and it demonstrated how completely you have won your reader's hearts and souls. Being of Armenian descent, and the granddaughter of a genocide survivor, the tragedy of the Afghani people is a story the world needs to know of. You have served your country well.

PS: We Armenians also use the endearment "jan", so at times, it was like listening to my grandmother talk to me, and that is a very warm feeling. Thank you for that.

Terrea

I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. I have never been so moved by any book before. Just like when I finished reading the first book, I can't stop talking about this book and have bought copies for friends. I think everyone should read these two wonderful books. I am African but I cried for Mariam and for Jalil.
Thanks for the story and congratulations. Can't wait to read your next book.

Dear Dr. Hosseini,

Thank you so much for writing such compelling and beautiful book about the plight of women inthe Taliban's Afghanistan. We in the US barely heard the full truth. Your book throws out all the cliches and reminds us that in the name of all sorts of governments and religions,
violence and oppression can thrive, and that women around the world are still suffering today. Yet it is a universal story of love and sacrifice. Thank for being able and willing to tell it to us.

Dear Khaled

your kite runner book was absolutely wonderful.

After I finished reading that book, I was awaiting your next book. Thousand splendid suns did not disappoint me either.
I felt that in kite runner, you did not develop female characters. But in thousand splendid suns, you have greatly captured lives of two women. I feel that you must have researched a lot before you wrote this book

Keep up ur good work
Sree

I just finished reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" it was as wonderful, beautiful and touching as "The Kite Runner". Thank you for these two amazing gifts, my heart will never be the same.

I spent almost a year in the mountains of the Paktika province as a soldier from mid 2003 until late Spring of 2004. Hosseini's descriptions of the mountains and the hospitality of the people that live in them brought back floods of memories that I share with friends and family all the time. I miss sharing kabobs with Abdul Wakil and Ghaze Marjan at night after a long day on the compound. I pray every day that the fighting will stop there so I can take my family to see the unspoiled beauty that is Afghanistan. I've never felt more at peace or welcomed than I did when I was in Mr. Hosseini's home country. Tashakor

Hello Khaled, Thank you so much for writing this story. I moved me to weeping, so beautifully written. I now feel I have more understanding of what people go through all over this world. I feel I have been to Afganistan, where before it was as romote to me as the moon. I am astonished at the sensitivity at which you became the girl/women charators. What a divine compasion you must possess. My neighbor is reading my copy and I have told at least 20 people about your book since I finished reading it. Please keep writing... and never stop.

Dear Mr.Hosseini

Just finished your second book A Thousand Splendid Suns, about an hour ago......Simply Superb !

Dear Mr. Hosseini -
Like most of the people posting on this blog, I too was moved by both of your novels. I have just completed A Thousand Splendid Suns, gotten up from my chair, wiped my eyes, and started writing to you. Never have I felt complelled to write to an author - or any stranger, for that matter, and express to him how I felt after reading his book.
I saw one of your talks on TV, I read The Kite Runner and now this novel. You bring both the tragedy and beauty of Afghanistan to light in a most personal and moving manner.
My son may have to do duty in Afghanistan soon, and before reading your books, I was, frankly, very frightened for him. Now, when he speaks of the possibility, I am rather encouraged - it is important that we all support the relief being attempted there.
Your writing is superb - moving and matter-of-fact at the same time. I have a new perspective on Afghanistan and its people - as scattered as they are- and pray (as I'm sure you do) that the country can somehow heal itself and return to the glory and beauty you so aptly describe in your novels.
Thank you for two wonderful stories that I will not forget.

Hi Khaled,

You have been splendid in bringing forth the issues that Afghans have been facing since last 3 decades. Believe me you have made people cry with the immense thought provoking "A thousand splendid suns". I wish the predicament of Afghan women improves and life gets back to normal in Kabul. I really appreciate your both the novels which have brought the world to attention about the conditions in Afghanistan and I wish more and more people work towards the reconstruction of Afghanistan. I hope things turn out well.
Baymyan Buddha and things which we used to hear in the news came out alive after reading your novels.

Hats off to you.

Harmeet :)

salam Mr.Khaled..
well it was an awesome experience reading your Noverl "The Kite Runner". As an Afghan i felt proud that we still have some great people that are working for their mother land and Mr.Hosseini ur one of them. i don't know wether i should thank you or my fionce for gifting me such a beautiful experience of my life. To be really honest u can't read it without crying, for it, for every moment that Hassan and Amir has spent together and to be honest sometimes i felt angry that how beghairat Amir was.
well all these words that i wrote and all those words which i m about to write maybe less for this smashing and magnificent story and i m feeling proud saying this that i have read "the kite runner' less than four days so i hope it will be a record and another honor for afghanistan like urs.
At last Mr. hosseini i want to request u and Oprah that please come to the Oprah show and i want to request Oprah to Invite u.
My next birthday is near and i m looking forward that this time she gift me A Thousand Splendid Suns...

because your novels AND..

For You, A Thousand Times Over..

KEEP UP UR GOOD WORK

Haris Ahmadzai
Islamabad....

Dear Mr Hosseini,
i've just finished reading The Kite Runner and i'm still astonished and shaked by the emotions this marvellous book left in my mind. It was a gift by a dear friend and when i started reading it i couldn't imagine i'd have been so emotionally involved in it. Page after page, chapter after chapter i was captured by the story of Amir and Hassan, i could draw their face in my mind, i could photograph the places they were, from Afghanistan to America with my own eyes, i could tremble in their feelings. I loved it. I cried feeling the humble and great fragility of little Sohrab, i could hear the heartbeat of the love between Amir and Soraya in they phonecallings, espelly in the last one. I could imagine the great man that was Baba. I could feel the cruely of Assef long the years...
Today i'm going to buy the newer book and i'm looking forward to read it!

i appreciate your great work. Many many thanks to let me know a world i didn't know except for the news on tv about war and battles, thank you for the foreign words left to let us immerge deeper and deeper in the real soul of your characters, of this not so far away world!

thank you so much!

raffaella from Italy

Dear Mr.Hosseini,
I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns,wow!!!.I can't put in words how much I enjoyed this masterpiece and I told my 11 year old granddaughter that I am saving this book and the Kite Runner for her to read in the future because I want her to learn what went on in Afghanistan and what hardships people endured especially women in those terrible times.
Thank you so much and I will be watching for future books by you Mr.Hosseini,
Salaama ghalikhom.

Dear Khaled:

I just stayed up for the past three nights finishing a Thousand Splendid Suns. Throughout my life, I have heard tales from my mother who spoke about the hardships women in my family faced from one generation to the next generation: early marriages, brute husbands, back-breaking chores, loss of mothers in early childhood, abandoned childhoods, desire for schooling...most importantly a gendered communal space shared by all the women in the household which allowed women the strength to challenge their second class citizens...for women to stand up collectively for each other.

You have been able to capture that female Muslim Otherness which only a fellow Afghani can understand.

Khudahafiz

I've read both of your very well written, eye-opening books. I'm so grateful that you are able to share this information with the world and the american people. I feel that Americans are in the dark about much that goes on in the world and totally appreciate the insite you bring in your books. More, more please!

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

I was deeply touched by Kite Runner, and early this morning at 3am I finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. I could not put it down. You are a gifted writer and I do believe that with this story you have done more to help the rest of the world understand the recent history and issues of Afghanistan and the suffering of its people than any journalist or diplomat/politician has or ever could. I hope your schedule brings you to the Boston area soon. It would be an honor to meet you.

Myra from Massachusetts

Dear Khaled,
"The Kite Runner was the most amazing book I have ever read" are words I spoke to all of my family and friends. This was until I read A Thousand Splendid Suns. Thank you for opening a world that was unknown to me. These books will remain in my heart forever and I will read them again and again. I look forward to many more of your novels!
Sincerely, Sara from New Jersey

Dear Mr. Hosseini, I just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" - what can I say? I cried a lot during my reading of it, because I knew that even though it was a novel, every word was true.It was soul-stirring and a lesson so unforgettable, that human beings are so much more alike than they are different with the same hopes and dreams - and that evil exists in this world. It is the 4th of July, and for the first time I bought an American flag to celebrate freedom and in memory of Mariam.

Dear Hosseini,

I'm a afghan living in The Netherlands. I grew up here and know not much from my country. This book is a fiction but i have heard many stories that are almost the same. (THE Good, The Bad, The lies, The Culture). I'm happy to see a afghan with so much creativity.

Thankyou for an amazing book about our country.

Soliman

Dear Dr. Hosseini,

We have recently purchased your new book A Thousand Splendid Suns. Daniel is reading it now and I will after. You have obviously become tremendously successful as a world-renowed, best-selling author, and we could not be more thrilled for you! We miss you terribly as our primary care physician, as you were extremely successful in that arena too. But as someone mentioned above, as an author you have the ability to touch and heal millions and generations to come. What an incredible legacy.

Even my mother-in-law loves your novels and talks to me at great length about them and you. Hopefully she can meet you someday, perhaps as you tour. Her only complaint is that after reading each of your novels in mere days, now she has to wait for the next one!

I look forward to following your career as an author and watching where it takes you. You are such a talented, compassionate, and kind human being - you and your family deserve all the success and blessings.

With kind regards,
Elizabeth (and Daniel) Whittom
Fremont

Dear Khaled,

I am a Jordanian girl who currently lives in San Francisco and till this day loves and speaks of "The Kite Runner". I made sure my uncle and sister read it too. I am from that region of the world where family, friendship, culture and religion come together stronger than anything else on earth including what war brings us all. While reading The Kite Runner I didn't feel I was away from the events that took place, but rather part of what was inside the pages and in between the lines. Your style in writing is just amazing. I'll be coming to your reading session today in Santa Clara...I am sorry I missed the one in San Francisco! I look forward to reading "A Thousand Splendid Suns" especially that it came out on my birthday 5/22....and please don't stop here!

Best Regards,
Suzy El Bader

I just finished "A Thousand Splendid Suns" after a short two-day reading. I absolutely loved the book. The characters were so beautifully written and seemed so real that I can't shake the feeling of wanting to know how Laila and her family are doing now. I would love to hear more about Aziza in 10 years. I know you will keep writing, so may I suggest a follow-up in the future that picks up where "ATSS" ends?? It would be great to see where these characters go as the Middle East and the world evolve.

I am already anticipating your next book and hope it's being worked on now~

Thanks for a great read.

Michael Davis
Houston, TX

Mr. Hosseini,

I have just finished your book A Thousand Splendid Suns. I started it 3 days ago. I am a mom and I don't have a lot of time so that tells you how much sleep I went without because I couldn't put your book down. :-) I couldn't believe how riveted I was reading your novel. I read the Kite Runner last summer and I was deeply moved. (You have such a gift for story telling). But this book, this story, it reached into my heart and tore it to little pieces.

I have to tell you what else this latest story did for me, it encouraged me, it humbled me, it even inspired me. I am a native Southern California girl. Born and raised in the suburbs in what could be considered a fairly sheltered life. I have lived literally a world away from the land where your story took place in yet it resonated so deeply. Life has been challenging the last few years due to some life changing health issues in my family. At times we weep and we grieve. Your story helped put it in perspective.

As a woman who has been in love, had children, and lived in a land where I have been free to chose my path and pursue an education, a career and have the incredible blessing to stay home with my children and watch them grow...I was humbled and amazed at what I read that my sisters in humanity suffered on the other side of the globe. I thought about what I was doing at the time in my world and in my life while the women in Afghanistan weren't able to go to the store alone, get a job, receive justice, pick their destiny or even have something as simple as the gentle pleasure of feeling the warm breeze rustle through their hair unencumbered . I wept as I read the story unfold in your book knowing it was fictional but becoming painfully aware that it was a story that probably rings true in the hearts and minds of many women who lived through those years in Afghanistan. I never thought I took my freedom for granted...but shamefully in many ways I guess I have. Thank you for reminding me of this especially on a week where we celebrated our countries independence and freedom.

God bless you for this story and your work. You have a gentle and tender heart….it comes across in everything you write and I sir am a huge fan.

I look forward to a day where my children can read your books realizing that it will help them to see how blessed we are and how much others need our support and compassion. You and your country of origin will continue to be in our prayers.

Dear Khaled,

A Thousand Splendid Suns, like The Kite Runner, leaves me amazed at how you can cover brutality and at the same time beauty and tenderness as well as courage, and instill hope for a better world. Thank you again for a wonderful portrayal of Afghanistan. You make me want to get to know its courageous people.

Paul Demery
Evanston, Illinois

Hi Khaled

Hello from South Africa!
When I read The Kite Runner I was sure I wouldn't find a book like it again. Well I have just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns and what an absolutely amazing amazing amazing book. I cannot tell you how the story of those ladies has touched my heart, of course we are all now waiting breathlessly for number 3, 4 and more.
Well done on such a brilliant book.
Bonita

Dear Dr. Hosseini,
I am a literature teacher in a small rural Colorado school. I have been the sole high school English teacher for thirty years in this K-12 building. Our community is painfully isolated from world affairs, so I often turn to stories to expose my students to other cultures. I assigned Kite Runner to my seniors last year and a few of my boys said this was the only book they finished in four years of high school! More importantly, they gained a new-found understanding and compassion for a culture half way across the world. I believe that your stories provide the best history lesson we can teach and the most valuable instruction in tolerance and humanity we can provide to our young. Thank-you for providing the teenagers of Peetz Colorado with the opportunity to feel understanding and compassion for the youth of Afganistan at this critical time in both countries'. Educating our children to to recognize the humanity of all people and cultures is the first step to world peace and you, dear man, have given a wonderful gift to all our children by emphasizing the human element in your stories -no agenda, no politics - just genuine humanity that breaks through borders and bridges hearts. I am looking forward to assigning A Thousand Splendid Suns this fall. I just finished it today and I know Laila and Mariam will remain in my heart for a long time. In the end, it is true, only love endures only love can conquer... in all cultures. thank-you again for your stories.

Dr. Hosseini,

Having thoroughly enjoyed The Kite Runner shortly after its publication, I looked forward to reading your second novel, despite thinking that it wouldn't be much of a match coming so soon on the heels of the first. As it turns out, A Thousand Splendid Suns kept me in its grip until the early morning hours, a feat that only Alex Hailey, Margaret Mitchell, and the Internet had previously accomplished. Thank you for sparking the wonder of reading again, and may the Lord bless you in your work with the UNHCR.

To twist a phrase from E. B. White: It is not often that someone comes along who is a noble person and a good writer. You are both.

José
Oxnard, CA

Hello!
I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns.
I am at a loss for words to describe what I feel. I cried and cried- I was overcome with emotion countless times. I was so taken in by Mariam and Laila- so interested in who they were- in the hopelessness of their situations- in every small success of their lives- in Mariam's selflessness and sacrifice. What you have done in giving us this incredible piece of literature is create a new classic- one that will be read for years to come. I am an English teacher in Buffalo, NY. The Kite Runner was added to our required reading list this year. As exceptional as I think The Kite Runner is- I believe A Thousand Splendid Suns is more so- the storytelling is incredible, yes- but the attention given to the lives of Afghan women- their lives, their feelings, their hopes and dreams- the absolute universal concerns that ALL WOMEN share. Then, the life of the Afghan woman under the Taliban. My heart broke for these women.
I have a few works of literature that I call favorites- works I return to again and again- A Thousand Splendid Suns is a new favorite- one that I will recommend again and again. Thank you for such a moving work of literature.

Dear Khaled:
Hello from San Francisco.
I have anxiously awaited over the past couple of years your next book. After being so moved by the Kite Runner I could not wait to delve into another set of charachters lives set in a region that as Americans we understand so little.
A Thousand Splendid Suns did not dissapoint! It is such an amazing work of courage, dissapointment,loss, hope, cruelty and most importantly love. At times it was so heartbreaking that I did not think I could continue, but I did.
I think it is imperative that readers understand that the Afghani people are the victims in the "war on terror" beginning with the Soviets and continuing on to the present.
Your books have inspired me to look into some sort of volunteer project be it with the UNHCR or another organization. It challenges all of us to find some way to help make the world a better place and leave our mark on someone's life.
Like Mariam did.
THANK YOU for an incredible book!
I hope to see you sometime in San Francisco.
Michelle

Hello!
I just finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns.
I am at a loss for words to describe what I feel. I cried and cried- I was overcome with emotion countless times. I was so taken in by Mariam and Laila- so interested in who they were- in the hopelessness of their situations- in every small success of their lives- in Mariam's selflessness and sacrifice. What you have done in giving us this incredible piece of literature is create a new classic- one that will be read for years to come. I am an English teacher in Buffalo, NY. The Kite Runner was added to our required reading list this year. As exceptional as I think The Kite Runner is- I believe A Thousand Splendid Suns is more so- the storytelling is incredible, yes- but the attention given to the lives of Afghan women- their lives, their feelings, their hopes and dreams- the absolute universal concerns that ALL WOMEN share. Then, the life of the Afghan woman under the Taliban. My heart broke for these women.
I have a few works of literature that I call favorites- works I return to again and again- A Thousand Splendid Suns is a new favorite- one that I will recommend again and again. Thank you for such a moving work of literature.

I finished reading The Kite Runner less than five minutes ago. In a lifetime of reading, I can't remember ever having been as moved, disturbed and ultimately inspired as I have been by this book. In this moment, the world is for me bathed in the sweet sadness of the Kite Runner; and I suspect I'll carry some of this feeling with me for the rest of my life. Thank you, Khaled Hosseini, for a masterpiece of literature.

Mr. Hosseini,
I am an avid reader. In all my 38 years, I have never read any book that has moved me and sat on my mind and heart like Kite Runner. My husband enjoyed reading fantasy and such. He noticed how affected I was by this book, he decided to see what it was that took me by the heartstrings and made me feel every emotion possible. I don't think I enjoyed watching him read more than I did while he read your words. When he finished the book, he understood. He bought me A Thousand Splendid Suns and I cannot put it down. You have done it to me again, and I thank you. As and East Indian Canadian woman, I can somehow relate to the female characters in this amazing story and I am once again moved and emotionally captured by your words.
Thank you, for finding your passion and sharing it with us. A Thousand times over.
Sincerely, Ravi

Dear Dr. Hosseini,

As an avid reader, many novels have brought me to tears - but never before like the heart-wrenching story of Mariam and Laila. I have watched the news, read the accounts, but never truly understood the enormity of the horror Afghan women and children have faced. Your words have brought it to life for me.

A Thousand Splendid Suns has torn my heart and wracked my soul. I have read the blog here and am moved most by the Literature teachers who will bring this fabulous, contemporary novel into their classrooms. This incredible piece of literature is about compassion and the true meaning of love and sacrifice. I am a wife, a mother, sister and teacher, and thought I knew the depth of these emotions - but I didn't until now.

Thank you for all you do for the world.

jms

Dear Mr Hosseini

I'm writng to you from Cape Town South Africa. I finished The Kite Runner this am and I now feel lost. I feel as if I lost my whole family, Amir, Hassan, Sohrab even Farid. I have lots of other books to read, but I feel I want to read this book again. Your new novel is available in our bookstores, but I want to savor The Kite Runner a little longer. What a beautiful, beautiful book!!! Congratulations! You have yourself another fan!

With warm regards,
Wahida

Dear mr. Hosseini,
I've just finished your book 'the Kite Runner.'
I'm so thankfull, because your book have touched me in my heart. And showed me the beautiful culture of Afghanistan.
Thank you for your beautiful story mr. Hosseini.
Sorry for my broken english.

Greetings from Holland,
Jacqueline

Hello Khaled jan,
i'm an italian 19 yeras-old girl, my name is Elisa.
in this week-end i read both "The kite runner" and "A thousand splendid suns". i have no words worthy to tell how much your books openn my mind. Many information were taken about the gravity of the situation of the Afghanistan, but nothing touch you as the fluenty but moving words of your books. i have cried as a baby for both books. "the kite runner" touches particolary me because i ever think such facts can exist. For Hassan i have a tormeting desire to help him, to let forgotten his evil spirits, as his son Sohrab. Also Amir provokes in me compassion, but i don't forgive to him his cowardice. in other hand, i have suffered for him in the travel to safe, as i'm claustrophobic.
In "a housand splendid suns" i, as a woman, don't bear the violence women have to suffer, only for a law imposed by overexcited. i'm no racist, but i think that the excess are alwais dangerous. I admire the life of endurance Mariam conducted with the last sacrifice, even though she could have been a better life. Rashid is the incarnation of the crudelty: to lie to Laila for let marry him is cruel...but the destiny sometimes let a possibility to us...
the character of your book will be always in my hearth...
thank you
Elisa

Knowing this part of the world. I can truly say that its a story of thousands of women who went through what you wrote. Laila and Mariam just might represent so many of the unfortunate women in Afghanistan.

I also appreciated that how you successfully tried to maintain a careful balance in each of your character.

your book humbles me.

I fell in love with your words...

The way the words made me feel the pain, the love,...
I read a Thousand Splendid Suns, now I can't wait to read the first novel!

Thank you Khaled Hosseini!

Hello Khaled,

Recently when I spoke to you I told you how I was enjoying your book "The Kite Runner" and I so truly enjoyed it to the very last page and was sorry to have it end. Immediately I picked up and started to read "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and could not put that book down either...enjoying it to the very last page as well.

The Kite Runner was an amazing story that had so many lessons in it. Thank you for those lessons.

A Thousand Splendid Suns also was an amazing book...filled with a combination of love and tragedy. Heart wrenching and beautiful combined.

You are a wonderfully talented writer and I very much look forward to your next book and hope it comes soon. Your books have meaning far beyond the entertainment of fiction.

Thank you for books worth reading,

Gayle
San Jose-Evergreen

I just read your new book, A thousand Splendid Suns.

Never before have I cried while reading a story. I am forever changed by your book.

I can't wait until you write another story. Are you still a practicing Doctor?

Thanks,
Mandy

Mr. Hosseini,
I can not express how much I enjoyed A Thousand Splendid Suns. I read it in about four days, and I was up until about two in the morning each one of those days reading. I think you did an amazing job.
Being eighteen it is hard to really see what is going on in other places in the world, This story really opened up my eyes.
I also read Kite Runner, and I think that I cried just as much as I did reading this book. I was so excited when I saw that you had written another book, and it certainly did not disappoint. Thank you, Samantha

Hi Sir,

This is Amit Anand from India.i read your book.. and i must say ..its really a gr8 feeling ..something mixed ..i don't know.
I liked it !!

Good Luck and God Bless !!

Do you have a speaking schedule that you could provide?
I just finished reading a thousand suns and then the kite runner for a second time and thoroughly enjoyed both.
Carol

Hi Khaled!
Finished "The Kite Runner" last night. Read the whole second half on my boyfriend's couch while screaming! Well done! Going out to buy the next one today. Congratulations on all your success

Dear Khaled Hosseini,

I am a retired Episcopal priest living in California, just below Santa Barbara ---very near the sea. Thank you for the remarkable and touching story of Mariam and Leila and their unlikely friendship of sacrifice and mutual care for children. It is the women, after all, who must demand that these tiresome heartless wars cease. I pray for all Iraqi and Afghanistani women caught up in violence and oppression. You have made them alive for me.

Greetings from New Zealand. This morning I finished reading "The Kite Runner". I only started it yesterday and could not put it down as it moved me so much.

My son lives in Afghanistan, I have seen many photos of Kabul and other places that were mentioned in the book, and have read many other books about Afghanistan in an effort to understand something of the place.

I read the Afghan Online website each day to find out what is happening there. There is a list of recommended reading on Afghanistan on this website, "The Kite Runner" being one of the recommended books, so when I spotted a copy at my local library I decided it was time I read it. How I wish I had read it long ago, but it seems as if I was fated to read it right now. There are many mentions in "The Kite Runner" of "Shahnameh" – I couldn't believe it as I have been working my way through many of the stories in this magnificent work in the last couple of weeks, in English, of course.

I sponsor a woman in Afghanistan through an international organisation, so I hope the little that I can do from a country so far away will be of some help. I look forward to reading your new novel. Thanks so much.

Linda Ward

Dear Khaled Hosseini,

After reading all the blogs below, I don’t know what else I can add. I agree to every single one of them.

I have read ‘’The kite runner’’ after many people recommended me, because it was not really known in The Netherlands. And I must say, it was more the worth it.

When I heard that "A Thousand Splendid Suns" was coming out, I couldn’t wait to read it. I just finished with reading the book. It is the best way of reading a amazing story and to know more about the history of my beautiful country.

All I can say from now on is Tashakor/Manana and I can’t wait for your next book.

Kind regards,

Miss Bormand
From The Netherlands

Hello Mr. Hosseini,

I am about to finish the A Thousand Splendid Suns reading. Great book!

Your talent to tell a story is a blessed gift.

Thank you for writting.

Hey! When are you intending to head South?

Best regards from Brazil.

Cesar

Dear Mr. Hosseini,
I have just finished your second novel. I thought your first could not be topped,, but this one took my breath away. Please hurry and write your third and fourth and fifth etc. You are a beautiful storyteller and I have loved every word in your books.
Thank you Rina

I have read both of your books, and found them amazing, as everyone else.

Perhaps your next book could be the fictional tale of how the world helps Afganistan become a peaceful country, how the Afgani people defeat their own reckless violence towards each other, and how a new generation of Afgan men learn to treat women as more than servants.

Perhaps this book could then serve as a guide for what the people of the US and the rest of the world should demand of their governments to help Afganistan.

Perhaps this book will reveal how other countries follow the Afgan model, so more of Asia and Persia can exist in peace.

Perhaps.

Barbar became my father. AmirJohn my brother. Hassan my protector. SurabJohn my child. Thank you for opening Afghanistan to me. I now wish Americans were more like Afghan's. Rich with the bonds of a culture steep in honor, loyalty and thousands of years of history.

I just read the kite runner in one day, it was such an amazing story I could not put it down. Congratulations on writing such a beautiful story. I am still thinking about it, and cannot wait for the movie!

I recently read "The Quince Seed Potion". Call me crazy, but the Kite Runner was strangely similar in so many ways. In my opinion, the Kite Runner was basically the same story, only better written, and more interesting.

I would love to know if anyone felt them same as I did.

D. Pakzaban

I just finished reading The Kite Runner. I read a lot of books and I can truthfully say that this is the most moving reading experience that I have had. I've had the book for some time before choosing to read it. I guess the title was so strange for me, perhaps that is why it took a year for the book to become so popular. I just purchased A Thousand Splendid Suns and cannot wait to begin reading it. I just wanted to say that I know many of us would love to read more about Sohrab. Would you ever consider picking up where you left us???

salaam alekum khaled jan

I finished reading your book two days ago although i started it quite some time back.It was because in a way i dint want it to get over . . . it had such a profound influence on me for days.I kept thinkin of what happens to aseef.and how hasans life turns out just because he was born a 'Hazra' . . and despite betrayal there is still loyalty.
It was only after reading your book did i acctually understand how bad the situation in afghianistan was and still is.I also wanted to know whether this book is autobiographical in some way. ..
Thank you . . devavrat.

Dear Mr. Hosseini,

Upon finishing "A Thousand Splendid Sunsets" I found myself compelled and inspired to write a small tribute to Miriam.

To those who have not,
I can't feel your pain.
But I can feel your heart,

Be brave for those like her,
For she carries you to the end.

Thank you for this book.

Dear Mr Hosseini,

I just finished your second novel "A Thousand Splendid Suns". I also read "The Kite Runner" in German. As I didn't want to waint until the second novel is translated into German I bought it in English and read it in about 5 days. I enjoyed the story very much and it is absolutely touching and very interesting. On the one hand I was really impressed by the story of Laila and Mariam and on the other side it helps a lot to understand Afghanistan as a country: it's history and it's development. While reading your book I bought the autobiography of Ayaan Hirsi Ali to get more and detailed information about the situation of Islamic women in general. I hope your book will touch a lot of readers and will be as successful as "The Kite Runner". I also hope that you will go on writing about your your country Afghanistan. Thank you very much

Petra Dienstbach

My dearest Khaled,

The Kite Runner has left a mark on my heart which is difficut to remove... it is etchd in my mind and is one of the best books I have ever read... there is not a person know whom I have not recomended that brilliant book... calling it a book would be belittling what it is... it is actually "Life in words."

Then started a long wait for a Thousand Splendid Suns and I knew I would be the first one to pick it up...
Khaled... I wept, I wailed... I screeched... you raised my hopes and filled the world with possibilities and then brought it crashing down... you broke my heart... how different would life had been if they had escaped on that bus? how different would Mariam's world had been had she listened to her mother that afternoon? Mariam walking to be killed and that line about how some one with an illegitimate start had such an legitimate end... and the vhs of pinocchio... Khaled - thinking, just thinking of your books just gives me goose bumps and tears me up and aches my heart...

your work is pure... and I am the greatest fan of yours Khaled... your book has changed the way I look at life and take it for granted... your books make me think how little am I and my pain... and that there is so much more people endure... and still live... that is the key to all your works - that spirit to live... even when all is gone... people live and hope and above al thing... believe... Thank you once again for eveything... I hold you in the light... always.

Salman Bukhari

Mr. Hosseini,
completed the kite runner last week. The story really had substance. but then thought the coincidences were too a many and hence lost that [b]sudden punch[/b] factor. You could have done without those and still the central story was so strong that it would have still delivered the goods.
Happiness Always, Mahesh

Oh my god, I just finished "The Kite Runner". I'm paralyzed by an array of emotions. The overwhelming one is sadness. I cried almost the entire time I read. Your writing is brilliant. I can't believe how engaging this book is. You transported me to Afghanistan, and I felt I was there witnessing the lives of the characters. The entire time I was reading, I thought I was reading your autobiography. So, I was pleased to learn it was fiction. But pained when I realized that the part of children being abused is not. My heart fell in love with Sohrab. I wish I could hold him and protect him. God, I was moved. I can't get the characters out of my mind. You have deeply moved me. Thank you. I was introduced to your book by one of my patients. I am a dental assistant in Fountain Valley, Ca. Now I will pass the book around. It is story that longs to be heard.

Hi Khaled,
This is gurpreet from INDIA.
This morning I finished reading "The Kite Runner". I had just one word to say about the book 'AWESOME'. I just didnt do anything else , just read your book. Just waiting to get my hands on ur new book.
Regards,
Gurpreet Singh.

Mr. Hosseini,
I have read both the Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns and learned much from both books. I am on the BOD of an agency that supports abused women and children in the USA. Your books gave me much insight into cultures where Universal Human Rights are not only not embraced but are in fact opposed by the government. The cause for human rights for women goes far beyond the Middle East. It is my hope that as we understand the root causes for abuse of women and children, both in the USA and Middle East, we'll be able to put in place more effective means to preclude those activities. I look forward to reading your next book. You are an outstanding novelist.

Caro Khaled,
when my step father gave me the Kite runner for Xmas I thought "well,it must be nice"....I couldn't stop reading in the night. "E' un capolavoro!" I repeated to myself. I run to the library to find an other one but I didn't found anything of you so I waited and my time was well paid at the end with A Thousand Splendid Suns. I cried and remember a part of my life that i've tried to forget for so long...I'm just 26 but I passed 12 years living with my mum and waiting at the window for a father that came to visit me jusy once a year if I was lucky. It was like if Mariam and Laila redeemed me...thanks a lot for giving so many emotions and truth all together, and thank you for teaching us the story of a country that scare all those people who don't anything about yuor mountains, your beatiful language and about the pain.
I'll wait for the next book...hope to see it soon!
Con Affetto Marzia (from Rome)

Dear Khaled:

I live in Canada and am aware of some of the struggles of the people of Afghanistan. But after reading The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns my compassion for your native land and people has blossomed.

You have an amazing, God-given gift for story telling and touching our souls with your words. From the first page of each book I found myself swept up into the lives of people in a land about which I knew so little. One moment I experienced the horrors of the terrorist regime, the next a window opened and in that moment my heart soared with your characters to a place of incredible beauty. Your skill at bringing your characters to life and drawing readers into those lives is one that I hope gains you great recognition. I thank you for bringing the recent history of Afghanistan to life for me and so many other readers. I have recommended your books to more people than I have for any book I had previously read.
Actually, I tell everyone that your books are the BEST NOVELS I have ever read! I mean this sincerely.

Like your other fans, I anxiously await your next novel and the movie version of The Kite Runner.

I don't know what I can do personally to help out the Afghani people but I will investigate the information on your website and follow my heart, and I will continue to recommend your novels to everyone I meet.

God bless you in your work and the call on your life.

Dear Mr. Hosseini, I was very privileged to hear you speak about "The Kite Runner" last year at the Santa Barbara Literary and Prologue Society. Your story then was mesmerizing. You told us that the next book to be published was to be about Afghan women, and I have waited - most impatiently - for it to be published. And what a story you have told in "A Thousand Splendid Suns". My congratulations, sir, on yet another masterpiece. I hope you will continue to find the time to write, busy as you are. It would be a true loss should we not hear from you again!

Dear Sir,
You made it possible to tell a most horrendous story into something so beautifully told. I am a fan forever!

Dear mr. Hosseini,
I've read your book "The Kite Runner" and I'm still amazed at it. It really touched my heart.
I can't wait to read your second book, I hope it's not as sad as the first one.
By the way, I'm from Phalestine, so I felt semphathy while reading the book.
Good luck.
Rowaida

Dear Khaled,
Wow is really all I can say after reading A Thousand Splendid Suns. I can honestly say that I have never been so moved by a novel in my life before. This story brought to life a lot of the violence, fear and grief that is happening worlds away from myself, yet your writing made it real and up close. My heart will forever have an imprint of Mariam and Laila on it and my mind will never forget the look into the Afghan culture you have given me. A thousand thanks!!

Lisa from Minnesota.

i have just completed your book " a thousand slpendid suns" --- a real treat! i am an indian and i felt so close to the characters while reading about them. i am a designer and being into the creative field i can actually visualise the characters! it was awesome i broke into tears when Mariam was put into death and when Laila was reading her Mariam's father's letter. God bless you Hosseini for your invincible way of writing and i relly wait for your next book!