74th Blog - “The Kite Runner" By Khaled Hosseini

The Kite Runner” is the first novel by Mr. Khaled published in year 2003 by River head books. Since the book was released in year 2003. I can say It was now a long time when I completed this book.

   Since this was the first book of Author, besides the polished work he done in this book is par excellence. I can say 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 disturbance – in this case, Afghanistan – while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional victories vibrate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on his first try. This book is mostly revolving around the social causes of Afghanistan and the war that is in this country daily-schedule. For a good reader One of favorite things in literature is learning. If S(he) learn from a book, S(he) consider it valuable. Bite-sized foreign languages lessons will reinforce a book's merit and this author surly taught something about the history, language, and geography of Afghanistan.

It is a haunting and sorrowful story of the friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices and their lives.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.A novel set mostly in Afghanistan. The introverted and insecure afghan narrator, Amir, grows up in Afghanistan in the closing years of the monarchy and the first years of the short-lived republic. His best and most faithful friend, Hassan, is the son of a servant. Amir feels he betrays Hassan by not coming to his aid when Hassan is set on by bullies and furthermore forces Hassan and his father Ali to leave his father´s service. Amir´s relatively privileged life in Kabul comes to an end when the communist regime comes to power and his extrovert father, Baba emigrates with him to the U.S. There Amir meets his future afghan wife and marries her. Amir's father dies in the U.S. and Amir receives a letter from his father´s most trusted business partner and, for a time, Amir's surrogate father, which makes Amir return, alone, to a Taliban dominated Afghanistan in search of the truth about himself and his family, and finally, a sort of redemption.

A movie with same name is released in year, 2007 and was highly rewarded across world-wide.

 





 
 Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan-born American novelist and physician. He is a citizen of the United States where he has lived since he was fifteen years old. His 2003 debut novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in thirty-eight countries. In 2007, It was followed by “A Thousand Splendid Suns”

 

The Kite Runner is not a romance, but it is a love story. A love story between fathers and sons, and those we call brothers- of the heart, if not blood. Their story touches on the complexities of familial love and accurately shows that, at times, we can love and hate those we feel the closest too.

One of highly recommended book for Literature Lover.

Regards

Dhitendra

Keep Smiling :-)