The Kite Runner (Alex Awards (Awards))

by Khaled Hosseini | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 1573222453 Global Overview for this book
Registered by BookBirds of Somewhere in the USA, -- Wild Released somewhere in USA -- USA on 9/3/2006
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Journal Entry 1 by BookBirds from Somewhere in the USA, -- Wild Released somewhere in USA -- USA on Sunday, September 3, 2006
Found this one at Marden's for $1.99. I love Marden's! Will write another journal entry as soon as I'm finished reading.

Journal Entry 2 by BookBirds from Somewhere in the USA, -- Wild Released somewhere in USA -- USA on Wednesday, November 8, 2006
I figured this was one of those books that was only talked about because millions of Americans bothered to read it. I was hesitant about reading it, but after reading the last page I'm glad I did. This is a very real, heartbreaking story. 'Real' meaning it is written like an autobiography, that it really happened to the writer. I was glad that the cab driver confronted Amir about not living the "real Afghan's" life since Amir was rich and didn't have to deal with things that the average Afghan does. I wish it was addressed more though. Props to the writer for not going on and on about 9/11. It didn't need to be a book about that. I thought that with the books popularity that 9/11 was mentioned on every page... a good ole novel about patriotism but it was just a really good story. I'm glad millions of Americans are reading this. If nothing, it just offers a tiny glimpse into a culture that is not American. I was just reading a few interviews with Hosseini and he said : "If this book accomplishes anything, on a broader level, I hope it helps to keep Afghanistan alive in the collective mind of the public. If it accomplishes that I feel it will have been a very worthwhile thing to do."

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