by Khaled Hosseini
|
| List Price: | $15.00 |
| Amazon Price: | $10.20 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. |
| You Save: | $4.80 (32%) |
| Average Rating: |  |
| Lowest New Price: | $3.75 |
| Availablitiy: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
|
 |
|
Product Description
The timely and critically acclaimed debut novel that's becoming a word-of-mouth phenomenon...
Amazon.com
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. The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land after it comes under Taliban rule. ("...I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.") Some of the plot's turns and twists may be somewhat implausible, but Hosseini has created characters that seem so real that one almost forgets that The Kite Runner is a novel and not a memoir. At a time when Afghanistan has been thrust into the forefront of America's collective consciousness ("people sipping lattes at Starbucks were talking about the battle for Kunduz"), Hosseini offers an honest, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but always heartfelt view of a fascinating land. Perhaps the only true flaw in this extraordinary novel is that it ends all too soon. --Gisele Toueg
Customers who bought this item also bought
Average Customer Review:
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Moving, Very Well Written, 2008-09-05
I recently started a book club and this was our first pick. It could not have been a better choice. Everyone had it read in plenty of time. No complaints on the choice I made either. This book tells a very emotionally charged story. Once I started reading it, I was constantly stealing time to read, until it was finished. Hope there is a part II.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Specific time, specific place, but timeless and overarching, 2008-09-03
I lost a bet with my wife and was forced to read this book. Let me just say, Im very glad that my pick for the final four lost when it did, because this was the best book I had read in a long time.
What struck me most about Kite Runner is how specific and detailed the setting was-Afghanistan, a world few Americans understand. The main character's memories were vivid and enlightening, and likely not one of us born stateside can really identify with pomegraneate trees, kite running, and the threat of constant rpg fire. But the themes that cut through the book, the guilt, the redemption, the family ties, the bond of blood, this is the stuff of all people, of all races.
This book is a a fantastic piece of literature, a work that is at both educating and empowering, painful to read but healing to finish. First rate.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Amazing. Emotional. Heart warming., 2008-09-02
The book was fantastic. It is sad, yet heart warming at the same time. It addresses very real issues...and the characters are wonderfully developed. The author teaches alot through these characters...about friendship...loyalty...hate...shame...acceptance...and brotherhood. Absolutely amazing.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Something a culturally blind person needs to read- an excellet book., 2008-09-01
I read the book when it was brought into my book club. I found the wording to be easy to read and the characters highly interesting, but what I really loved was the fact that it gives people a view of a different culture and helps them understand it more. I have met so many people who see people from the middle east as just terrorists, and that is simply awful. The story is moving and it touched my heart. I would recommend it to anyone.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
A surprise, 2008-08-31
I bought this book because my book club chose to read and discuss it. I did not think it was the type of book I would enjoy, but I absolutely did. I will soon be reading another book by the same author and can't wait!
Price is accurate as of the date/time indicated. Prices and product availability are subject to change. Any price displayed on the Amazon website at the time of purchase will govern the sale of this product.
|
Store Categories
|