The Kite Runner Book Review
Kite Runner is the story of two boys who grow up together in the 1970's in Afghanistan like brothers. Even though the two are very close, they are quite different. Amir is a lover of books, he is a well educated Pashtun, and is the son of a wealthy businessman that is a Sunni Muslim. Hassan is the son of a servant to Amir's father. Hassan is a Sh'ia Muslim, a Hazara, he cannot read, and has a harelip. Amir often teases Hassan and one time even hid and watched Hassan was beaten up by a group of bullies.
When the Soviets invade Afghanistan, Amir's family flees to the United States. As an adult, Amir returns to his home country during the Taliban rule and atones for his sins to Hassan.
The novel educates the reader on human suffering and heroism as the story deals with social classes, ethnicity, war and change.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
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In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on his first try.
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Set in pre-Taliban and Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, The Kite Runner is a thrilling story about fathers and sons, sin and atonement, injustice and the human yearning for redemption.
"The Kite Runner is both a coming of age novel and a journey into lives and struggles of Afghans."
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Fetching blurbs now... please stand byLove it! Great read.
Saira J says:
this novel is my favorite
i really like it
GREAT
Posted July 21, 2009
VictoriaTwead says:
I absolutely loved The Kite Runner, so this review was very interesting to me. I thought the characters were handled sensitively, and the settings were colourful and introduced me to a culture I had no former knowledge about. The actual kite-making and flying I found fascinating, too. So I really enjoyed this review page, thank you. 5* Faved.
Posted June 21, 2009
Mohammad illiyin says:
The kite runner is my final paper in this semester. but from this novel i can learn a lot about different tribe in Afghanistan.
Posted June 18, 2009
Joan4 says:
I struggled through the first 100 pages, and then stayed up all night one night because I could not put it down. Excellent book!
Posted May 10, 2009
Sorry, not my cup of tea.
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A quote from The Kite Runner:
"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.'"
Khaled Hosseini's official site
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The Kite Runner is a novel by the author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it is Hosseini's first novel, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007.
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz May 30, 2009 @ 3:12 pm
- I truly enjoyed reading The Kite Runner as it told about a time, place and culture that I knew nothing about. The sport of Kite Flying and it's cultural traditions are fascinating. There were parts of the book that were very disturbing to me and reminded me of Lord of the Flies in it's description of the cruelty that sometimes occurs between seemingly close friends.
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- Joan4 Joan4 May 10, 2009 @ 3:41 pm
- I enjoyed reading The Kite Runner and I enjoyed your review. The Kite Runner is probably going to be among my top ten favorite books this year!
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Khaled Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns, is a story of two women and their lifes in Afghanistan over the past 40 years. Mariam was born an illegal child and was forced to marry Rasheed, an abusive husband at age 15. Rasheed is...
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