《灿烂千阳》是卡勒德·胡赛尼继《追风筝的人》之后推出的第二部长篇小说。作者再次以阿富汗的战乱为背景,用细腻感人的笔触叙述了两位相差近20岁的阿富汗女性在炮火、暴力与恐惧之下的希望、爱情、失落。玛丽雅姆,一个“哈拉米”(私生子),15岁那年,母亲自杀,后在家人的安排下,远嫁给40多岁的鞋匠拉希德,她的少女时代自此结束;莱拉,自小生活在和睦的家庭中,受过教育, “The Thousand Splendid Suns” is the second full-length novel that Karled Husseini launched following “The Kite Runner.” The author once again used Afghanistan’s war as a backdrop to describe the hopes, love, and loss of two Afghan women who were nearly 20 years old apart under gunfire, violence, and fear. Marijam, a “halami” (alleged child), at the age of 15, his mother committed suicide, and was later married to his 40-year-old shoemaker Rashid after the family’s arrangement. Her girlhood ended. Laila, who was educated in a harmonious family since childhood.