I wanted to expand the geographic milieu for my characters in part because I've travelled a lot in the past 10 years and I wanted to stretch my literary legs as a writer. I wanted to create a story-world that didn't necessarily begin with Kabul and end in Kandahar.
It was a conscious decision, and the natural flow of the book demanded it to be more global. It's the way you understand yourself, those around you, and how you perceive yourself in the world as part of this whole." What inspired you to "leave Afghanistan" and tackle a global canvas? "Family is so central to Afghan life. For your latest, the narrative, although rooted in Afghanistan, branches out across generations, time periods, and the globe: Greece, Paris, and California. Your first two novels were set mostly in Afghanistan. Here, the author talks about his newest title, his view on writing, and his hopes for Afghanistan with Wajahat Ali, a writer and attorney. Unlike his previous works, it jumps across continents, weaving together a tale about love and loss across generations. On May 21, his third novel, And the Mountains Echoed, hits store shelves. Khaled Hosseini first took us on a tumultuous journey to 1970s Afghanistan in the 2003 best-seller The Kite Runner, and followed it up in 2007 with A Thousand Splendid Suns, a novel about two women in Hosseini's homeland. An Afghan boy runs after catching a kite on a hilltop in Kabul on November 2, 2012.
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