The Kite Runner
The Afghan Revolution began in 1978 when Russian forces came in and turned the monarchy upside down. Afghanistan went from peaceful and friendly to violent and demoralizing in a matter of years. Even though these dramatic political events played a huge part in The Kite Runner; love, honor, guilt, redemption and the struggle to triumph over violence are all themes that make this story the most powerful novel I have ever read.
The story is set in Kabul during the 1970’s. The novel sets the interpersonal drama of the characters against the backdrop of the modern history of Afghanistan, sketching the political and economic toll of the instability of various regimes in Afghanistan; from the end of the monarchy to the Soviet-backed government of the 1980s to the fundamentalist Taliban government of the 1990s. Amir, the narrator, is a privileged young boy who came of age right before the revolution. Hassan was his loyal friend and servant. Baba told Hassan and Amir......
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