This paper endeavours to examine the issues of cultural collision, cultural dislocation, infrastructure collapse, political instability, and displacement of characters in A Thousand Splendid Suns of Khaled Hosseini. It also focuses on the impact of diversity of cultures, languages, places, migration, and exile on men and women living in the colonized societies. Dislocation in this study refers to physical and psychological displacement experienced by the protagonist of Hosseini. It also explores the struggles, conflicts, and cultural dislocations, psychological traumas of men and women depicted in this novel. The personal experiences of his characters reflect the political circumstances which they encounter, and the effect of cultural collisions on their vision, love, sex, marriage, and identity. The primary focus of the study is on the themes of oppression and victimization, disorientation and cultural dislocation.
Key words: Culture, Dislocation, Collision, Conflicts, Identity
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