Who Is Nana In A Thousand Splendid Suns

In A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, the character Nana who is Mariam’s mother has gone through some type of hardship in her past. Nana mentions “There is nothing out there for her. Nothing but rejection and heartache. I know, akhund sahib. I know’” (Hosseini 18). Nana repeats the phrase “I know”, which indicates that she has gone through something similar. Nana had grieved through physical, mental and emotional sufferings. Physical suffering is a sorrow feeling inside. Nana has experienced this many years ago with the birth of Mariam. In chapter two it states, “When the pain got bad, I’d bite on a pillow and scream into it until I was hoarse. And still no one came to wipe my face or give me a drink of water.” (11). Nana suffered