The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
Set in Kabul, Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion and the Taliban insurgency following that, Kite Runner is a story about Amir and his hazara friend Hasan (son of their family servant) and the journey of guilt he goes through after he betrays his friend through a series of incidents. Hosseini takes you inside the character of Amir so well that you start feeling you are Amir, the guilt surrounds you and you feel like making things right for Amir (for yourself).
This is Khaled Hosseini’s first book, I borrowed it from the library after reading about the delay of the movie based on this book. I feel like my bookshelf is incomplete without a copy (hint:gift idea :)). Definitely a must read!
I can’t wait to get hold of Khaled’s second book ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’
October 30th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
Great! I am definately ordering this book today. Have been dilly-dallying too long.
October 30th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
I am glad someone is after reading this post :)
October 30th, 2007 at 7:45 pm
Me 2! C2 rocks!
October 30th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
@Addu howz the book so far? I rock because my friends rock :)
April 28th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I finally finished the book last week, there were times when I had to stop reading simply beacuse I could not handle the truth anymore. The most obvious point thing that the book potrays is the conditions in Afghanistan but something else which hit me was each one of has something to be guilty about and that guilt becomes the center point of our actions.