The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 9780747566533 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 9780747566533 Global Overview for this book
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Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to gain the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart.
But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that this new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to gain the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart.
But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that this new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Journal Entry 2 by catsalive at Kawaguchiko Hotel in Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi-ken Japan on Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Released 7 yrs ago (5/18/2016 UTC) at Kawaguchiko Hotel in Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi-ken Japan
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