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The Kite Runner is the story of birth, growth, life, death. It's a story about love, honor, hate, guilt... I can hardly find an emotion not tackled in this story, but most of all it is story of friendship and loyalty.
Khaled Hosseini tells us about his land, his "Watan" in its past and present through the story of Hassan and Amir, two boys growing up together in Kabul, Afghanistan...probably two faces of the same coin. I find the characters to be larger-than-life; they portray the human being at ...more
Khaled Hosseini tells us about his land, his "Watan" in its past and present through the story of Hassan and Amir, two boys growing up together in Kabul, Afghanistan...probably two faces of the same coin. I find the characters to be larger-than-life; they portray the human being at ...more
A beautiful book. Don't watch the film before you read the book because the film isn't as good. I read this about four or five years ago now but recently revisited it when I performed an extract for a speech and drama exam. The way this book is written provides acute description, so that you can see it in your mind, without ever boring the reader by over-describing things. Every word seems to drip a kind of beauty. It's quite a sad book without being depressing and a powerful book without being
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