Title : The kite runner
Publ Info : New York : Riverhead Books, 2003
Call No. : 813.6 H794Kx 2003
Summary :
This powerful first novel… tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Both transform the life of Amir, Khaled Hosseini's privileged young narrator, who comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy, just before his country's revolution and its invasion by Russian forces. But political events, even as dramatic as the ones that are presented in The Kite Runner, are only a part of this story. In The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini gives us a vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence – forces that continue to threaten them even today.
I definitely like this book. I have never read books about the real situation in some Islamic countries, especially Afghanistan. The book truly reveals the unstable and wartorn Afghanistan to the readers. As a Hong Kong citizen, I would not pay much attention on what is happening in the Middle East Regions. After reading this book, I am trying to pay a bit more attentions on those regions to have a better understanding of the Islamic World.
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