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Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Center Point Large Print
Release Date: 2003-11
ISBN-10: 1585473634
ISBN-13: 9781585473632
List Price: $29.95
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“I sat on a bench near a willow tree and watched a pair of kites soaring in the sky. I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an afterthought, ‘There is a way to be good again.’”
Now in paperback, one of the year’s international literary sensations -- a shattering story of betrayal and redemption set in war-torn Afghanistan.
Amir and Hassan are childhood friends in the alleys and orchards of Kabul in the sunny days before the invasion of the Soviet army and Afghanistan’s decent into fanaticism. Both motherless, they grow up as close as brothers, but their fates, they know, are to be different. Amir’s father is a wealthy merchant; Hassan’s father is his manservant. Amir belongs to the ruling caste of Pashtuns, Hassan to the despised Hazaras.
This fragile idyll is broken by the mounting ethnic, religious, and political tensions that begin to tear Afghanistan apart. An unspeakable assault on Hassan by a gang of local boys tears the friends apart; Amir has witnessed his friend’s torment, but is too afraid to intercede. Plunged into self-loathing, Amir conspires to have Hassan and his father turned out of the household.
When the Soviets invade Afghanistan, Amir and his father flee to San Francisco, leaving Hassan and his father to a pitiless fate. Only years later will Amir have an opportunity to redeem himself by returning to Afghanistan to begin to repay the debt long owed to the man who should have been his brother.
Compelling, heartrending, and etched with details of a history never before told in fiction, The Kite Runner is a story of the ways in which we’re damned by our moral failures, and of the extravagant cost of redemption.
The Kite Runner best book I've read!
| Customer Rating: | | This book is just great from beginning to end, it took me less than one week to finish it, I just couldnt put it down! Cant wait for the next book publisheb by Khaled. |
Incredible
| Customer Rating: | | What a writer. Though very sad. This story is also full of hope and redemption. |
I am still sobbing!
| Customer Rating: | | This book contains everything a story needs to be successful! And the main ingredient is talent. Khaled Hosseini, the author, has a natural talent to write beautifully. Every page will capture you, some swallow you in. It's not the kind of book you finish and close and go on with your day. I am honestly still wiping tears from my face. Some parts give me the chills - "Time is selfish, it keeps the details to itself", "Like the devil, cancer has many names." Maybe I am not quoting the book 100% accurately, but that's the idea of the quotes...their meanings. I am deeply moved by this book. Definitely one of the best! |
Epic! Beautifully written. Pulls you in.
| Customer Rating: | | I know the author doesn't like the use of cliche's (or at least his writer character, Amir, doesn't) but I just couldn't put this book down. What a brilliant writer. I wish I could write like him. I don't know what I can say about this book that already hasn't been said. It is brilliant. And has taught me a little bit about Afghanistan that I never could quite get from our Western media. But as a Muslim American of eastern European decent who likes to read chick lit and lighter reads, it was wonderful to read about people of my own faith. I loved reading the beautiful Arabic words and being entrenched in the traditions of how we greet one another and the various customs. In Bulgaria, they also use "Kaka" (for women) and "Kako" (for men) when greeting someone older. I love these terms of endearment/respect from some of these ancient cultures ... traditions that continue. And it was nice to read a story where there weren't little inuendos against other faiths or peoples that is all over our western media and published works. It was unbiased. Just beautiful. And my heart bleeds for those who suffered under the Taliban. You have a new fan, Mr. Hosseini! |
A beautiful story, beautifully written
| Customer Rating: | | I had just finished reading his second novel, "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and knew I would have to order this book also. Incredible! Both books are so beautifully written, I couldn't put them down. He brings the Afghani people to life, and brought me to tears several times. He is definitely one of the best storytellers of our time. Don't miss this book. |
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