The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini's first book and he's done a very good job with it. His style is simple yet engaging, creating scenic visuals. You will find the description of Kabul with its kebab houses and tea shops, with colourful kites flying against a background of cragged mountains to be very intriguing. The humility and quiet strength in Hassan & Ali's characters is beautifully brought out.
This book tells a simple and poignant story of the relationship between a Hazara boy, Hassan and his half brother, Amir. Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him? for he always helps Amir? but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realizes that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
The writing was sublime and you'll be transported directly into the heart of Kabul, identifying and sympathizing with the people and transfixed by this heartrending story which is, in parts, deeply disturbing and utterly real. The readers are bound to tears on several occasions.
If you haven’t yet read this book, please do. And if you’ve never tried a foreign author, Hosseini is a wonderful example of the abundant wealth of writers from different countries and will surely make the prospect of adventuring further with others an enticing and exciting one!
Download the Novel from here for free : The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
This book tells a simple and poignant story of the relationship between a Hazara boy, Hassan and his half brother, Amir. Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him? for he always helps Amir? but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realizes that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
The writing was sublime and you'll be transported directly into the heart of Kabul, identifying and sympathizing with the people and transfixed by this heartrending story which is, in parts, deeply disturbing and utterly real. The readers are bound to tears on several occasions.
If you haven’t yet read this book, please do. And if you’ve never tried a foreign author, Hosseini is a wonderful example of the abundant wealth of writers from different countries and will surely make the prospect of adventuring further with others an enticing and exciting one!
Download the Novel from here for free : The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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