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Envoyé par Nostalgia  I have just downloaded this book, I can’t wait to read it and delve into the Afghani human stories in its various dimensions.
I have already read the kite Runner by the same author, it was best seller in America in 2003..It told the story of two boys growing up in Kabul, inseparable until a betrayal followed by war and flight from war tore them apart. I strongly recommend it for you! |
yes, I ve read the kite runner too...
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The Kite Runner of Khaled Hosseini's deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate Afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. Growing up in the city of Kabul in the early 1970s, Hassan was narrator Amir's closest friend even though the loyal 11-year-old with "a face like a Chinese doll" was the son of Amir's father's servant and a member of Afghanistan's despised Hazara minority. But in 1975, on the day of Kabul's annual kite-fighting tournament, something unspeakable happened between the two boys.Narrated by Amir, a 40-year-old novelist living in California, The Kite Runner tells the gripping story of a boyhood friendship destroyed by jealousy, fear, and the kind of ruthless evil that transcends mere politics. Running parallel to this personal narrative of loss and redemption is the story of modern Afghanistan and of Amir's equally guilt-ridden relationship with the war-torn city of his birth. The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner begins in the final days of King Zahir Shah's 40-year reign and traces the country's fall from a secluded oasis to a tank-strewn battlefield controlled by the Russians and then the trigger-happy Taliban. When Amir returns to Kabul to rescue Hassan's orphaned child, the personal and the political get tangled together in a plot that is as suspenseful as it is taut with feeling.
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even though it is fiction, this haunting story with spectacular, yet uncomfortable scenes creates in the reader a sense of reality that is difficult not to believe.
I easily felt like I was reading the real life story of a young boy, who grows up still haunted by his past cowardice. the characters are real and alive, the setting in afghanistan and america is superb, the plot is outstanding and the pace of the novel is fast and captivating.. all in all, this emotionally gripping story provides an insight and understanding of the human tragedy in afghanistan. The author successfully touched on human emotions, stirring guilt, sadness, anger, and happiness throughout the book.