![]() ![]() In Freemont, Hosseini's Afghan roots run deep. It started in San Jose, Calif., when the family was granted political asylum by the U.S. And we have to start thinking about a new life." "When they saw the Soviets, I think at that point they realized that, wow, we may never go home again. "I remember the expression on my parents' faces," Hosseini said. ![]() The family watched their lives changing on television as the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. "It was supposed to be 3 1/2, four years and we were gonna come back," he said.īut in 1979 the way back was slammed shut. His father was assigned to the Afghan embassy. When Hosseini was a young teenager, the family moved to Paris. "It was a time when the country was living in a very kind of peaceful anonymity." "I never heard a gunshot in my childhood, I never saw a tank move," Hosseini said. ![]() My mother taught Farsi and history at a very large high school for girls."Īnd, unlike today, there was no war in Afghanistan. "My father was a diplomat, worked for the foreign ministry. "I wouldn't say privileged but certainly comfortable," he said. ![]()
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