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 enlarge | Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead Trade
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Rating:  2424 reviews
Sales Rank: 66
Media: Paperback
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 1594480001
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781594480003
ASIN: 1594480001
Publication Date: April 27, 2004
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 Excellent book!!! July 16, 2008
T. Mansfield (Indianapolis, IN)
First, this authur has a tremendous way of writing and keeping the reader enthralled. This book is excellent and you will not want to put it down after starting to read. You get caught up in the characters and their emotions and thoughts and feelings. I have highly recommended this book to my friends and family. Also his other book 'A Thousand Splendid Suns'.
Enjoy!
Amazing! July 15, 2008
J. Bluhm (Flint, MI, USA)
I bought this book three years ago and it has been in my book shelf since then. I have no idea why I never read it. When I noticed it sitting there in my book shelf, I decided to read it. And I couldn't put it down. The story was beautiful. It was full of friendship, love, tragedy, redemption, forgiveness and adventure. It was powerful and brought me to tears more then once.
I know that many have said this before me, but this book is a classic. I know that it will be read, and treasured for many years to come!
 great read July 14, 2008
kebmo
I would never have chosen this book myself, But it was a gift. What a great read. The story was so well written, I couldn't put it down.
I wish the story went a little further. It felt like someone ripped out the last ten pages.
Overall ... I would recomend this book.
A View into another culture. July 14, 2008
Lewis Henry (Indiana, USA)
I liked this book because the story moved quickly, the characters and story revealed elements of another culture (I'm a Sociologist), and the message the story contains is very relevant. This book made me think about the differences between people in different cultures and how their religions and experiences are so different than our's (in the U.S.). It helped me reduce ethnocentrism in my personal views of Afghan/ Arabic people. I read this book pretty quickly and I was glad I did - it was a good read.
Brotherhood and Redemption July 12, 2008
Farah Yousif (Kuwait)
I fell in love with Khaled Hosseini's novel `THE KITE RUNNER'; the story is sad, beautiful and inspiring. The writer relates the story in a way that makes you feel like it's poetry.
This is a story of unconditional love, brotherhood and redemption set in Afghanistan.
Two young boys, Amir and Hassan are best friends living in a household where Amir is the son of the rich owner of the house and the Hassan is the son of the house keeper; the class differences become an important factor in the story. The boys appear to have an inseparable friendship, reading stories together and flying kites.
An event occurs in which Amir's strength of character and loyalty is tested. His actions, or lack there-of, will severely affect his and Hassan's life and they will never be the same again. Amir will be haunted with guilt because of the consequences of that fateful day for the rest of his life.
As a man, many years later, Amir discovers that there is hope, redemption is possible: `there is a way to be good again'.
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