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 enlarge | Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
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Rating:  2517 reviews
Sales Rank: 231
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 400
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Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 4.9 x 1.2
ISBN: 1594480001
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781594480003
ASIN: 1594480001
Publication Date: April 27, 2004
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 The characters will stay with you forever August 12, 2004
The highest compliment I can pay to this amazing novel, is that it is absolutely impossible to put down. The story is the real strength here, told in such an honest, straight forward manner, yet with such vivid detail at the same time. I loved it!
Definately one of the best....... August 10, 2004
books I have ever come across. What a tragic, gripping story. Bravo!
I will never forget this book August 7, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If not the very best book I have ever read, it's the best in many years. "The Kite Runner" has all the elements to draw one into the story from the very first page. A smorgasborg of Afghani culture I never knew I wanted to know. I could smell the lamb kabob, and feel the essence of a society so different than our own. At the same time sit at the edge of my seat in anticipation of the next twist or turn. What an excellent book!
I hope we will see this book on the big screen someday!
A stunning debut August 2, 2004
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Readers of "The Kite Runner" should consider themselves twice-blessed--to read a wonderful work of fiction is always a treat, but to find your understanding of the world deeper when you're done is a bonus. On the surface, at first the story is a familiar one--two boys from vastly different backgrounds become best friends, bridging the gap in a way sometimes only children can. Hassan will do anything for Amir, the son of his master, and ironically it is Hassan's help in a kite competition which Amir feels he must win to earn the love of his father that leads to a rift between the boys that never heals. Amir betrays his friend in a stunning act of cowardice, failing even to call for help when Hassan is brutally attacked by other boys, and then rejects Hassan because he can't bear to face the evidence of his own betrayal.
But soon the personal tragedy is overshadowed by the war with the Soviets and the takeover by the Taliban. This lovely society is destroyed, and Amir and his father escape to the US, where this once proud businessman, having lost everything, takes on menial work and slowly declines. Amir builds a new life for himself, meets a woman, and tries to bury the past, but he's unsuccessful, and must return to Afghanistan. There he learns the true story of Hassan and his father, and tries to redeeem himself.
Today we tend to think of Afghanistan as a confused, remote barren land, where American soldiers fight a war that's been overshadowed by Iraq. This wonderful book shows us something more--a beautiful land, a thriving culture, real people living real lives that have been destroyed forever. Sometimes we forget that, and this wonderful novel is worth reading so we are reminded.
 Great read! July 29, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an amazing book-beautifully written and captivating. It's especially remarkable for a first novel. It's hard to believe anyone who really read it would dis it. It'd translate well into a movie.
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