The Kite Runner: A Book Review
Image via WikipediaThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a heartbreaking, yet optomistic story of Amir, an Afganhi immigrant. The story follows Amir from his childhood in pre Taliban ruled Afganistan to his adulthood in California where, at age 18, he moved with his father to escape the political unrest that had begun to plague Afganistan. Unknown to anyone else, Amir is also running away from the memories of a painful past event which cost him the friendship of Hassan, his father’s servent’s son who worshipped the ground that Amir walked on.
Once in California, Amir thought that he had escaped his past, both the unrest in his native country as well as his past personal history, but as he discovers, you can’t really run away from your past.
This is an absolutely beatiful book, it speeds through with a momentum that never falters, every chapter builds up the story and unlike many other books that I have read that fails to deliver its goods, this one is just perfect in every aspect. It really grips you emotionally and I dare anyone to read this without tearing up at least once, it also gives a very “in your face” look at modern day Afganistan under the Taliban’s rule, but without becoming political at all.
