The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini's powerhouse debut novel, was recommended to me by a friend whose literary tastes I'd never previously had the opportunity to compare with my own. It's always reassuring to me when I find that someone I respect has standards that reasonably approximate my own. The novel is currently a bestseller, and is hailed as the first Afghan novel written in English. I liked The Kite Runner enough to read it through twice. It was a gripping read the first time around. It held my attention the second time as well, but the harrowing themes in this novel made me a little melancholic.
The Kite Runner is the story of two boys growing up in Kabul. Amir, a bookish and unathletic boy, struggles for the approval and love of his respected business-man-about-town father. Hassan is the son of their family's servant, and a member of the despised Hazara minority. The boys are close in age, and unspoken best friends despite their vastly different social status. In many......
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