E-105 P: ISSN NO.: 2394-0344 RNI No.UPBIL/2016/67980 VOL-4* ISSUE-3* June- 2019 E: ISSN NO.: 2455-0817 Remarking An Analisation Act of Waiting in Khaled Hosseni’s A Thousand Splendid Suns Tarulata Pegu Research Scholar, Deptt. of English, Assam University (A Central University), Diphu Campus India Anup Kumar Dey Associate Professor & Head Deptt. of English, Assam University (A Central University), Diphu Campus India Keywords: Absurdity, Negotiation, Choice, Responsibility and Hope. Introduction Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan-American writer portrays the terrible suffering of the people in Afghanistan in his novel A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007). The study attempts to highlight on the crisis of the people face in war torn Afghanistan and their attempt to survive by building up new hopes and how they waited for its fulfillment. Afghanistan has been a land ravaged with the never ending wars. It has been a witness to both civil and international wars that has led people to bear their tremendous affects on them. Living in such an environment is a great challenge to them. This almost made them feel that life has no value at all. It seems to them that it is a God forsaken land. Brutal activities like gun fires, rocket bombings, land mines, lootings, killings, rapes and murder are usual occurring of every hour. People shut off from their offices, institutions and businesses hunger stricken could do nothing but only pray to save them from their misshapes. This almost sounds like the voices of the great existentialists and absurdist thinkers who propagated that life has no predetermined purpose. The study aims to reveal how Khaled Hosseini has depicted the human existence in his above mentioned novel. Objectives of the Study Keeping in view of the statement of the problem this study aims to construct the following objectives in the context of Khaled Hosseini‟s novel: 1. To explore how existential crisis engulf Hosseini‟s characters. 2. To investigate the characters of Hosseini in the social context of Afghanistan. 3. To study how Hosseini‟s characters negotiate with the absurdity in life 4. To find out to what extent Hosseini‟s characters successfully achieve sublimation. Review of Literature For the last few years critics have analyzed the books of Khaled Hosseini through various perspectives like terrorism, war, violence, identity crisis, diasporic experiences, family relationships, exile, immigration, gender discrimination, woman‟s liberation, Afghan culture, tradition and religion etc. But till date no such effort is perceived to explore Abstract Afghanistan has bred Khaled Hosseini not only with flesh and blood but with today what he is renowned for. It is through wide exploration of the cultural, political, social and religious condition of Afghanistan in his books that he gained for himself the reputation of being the author of the three bestselling novels around the world. Along with the sublime artistic expression in his novels it is actually the perpetually changing scenario of Afghanistan, due to its various civil and international wars that arouses the interest of millions of readers and left them awe stricken. Afghanistan is a land filled with war, violence, political turmoil, and religious atrocities so much so that it has destroyed and degraded human lives. Hosseini, the Afghan-American writer, in his novels portrays characters that face extreme miseries, bleak isolation, displacement, violence, death, loots, secrecy, doubt, starvation etc. in tumultuous Afghanistan. His characters such as Amir, Hassan, Mariam, Laila, Nabi, Mr. Wadhati, Pari etc. are caught up in false orderliness and experience a life of boredom and alienation. This made them embrace the absurdity of human existence and creates their own purpose in life. The study is an attempt to sketch how Hosseini has tried to portray human existence amidst wars and atrocities and also highlights how people can choose to continue living with better hopes for the future.