The Kite Runner
Total Points
#82
- Pages
- 371
- Genres
- Historical Fiction Adult Drama
“I sat on a bench near a willow tree and watched a pair of kites soaring in the sky. I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an afterthought, ‘There is a way to be good again.’” Now in paperback, one of the year’s international literary sensations -- a shattering story of betrayal and redemption set in war-torn Afghanistan. Amir and Hassan are childhood...
Reader Reviews (12)
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Mar 23rd, 2018
couldn't stop reading! LOVED it until the end...hated the end...was it really necessary. There are only a handful of books that have made me as angry!
Sep 20th, 2017
First piece of literature I've read and I'm glad I read this. Brutal story, showing what it was like to live in Afganishtan in the Taliban era and a glimpse of redemption at last. Wonderful!!
Feb 11th, 2017
Really well written, I think it is an important book to read–– especially among millennial. A brutal story, but beautiful in other ways.
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Jan 23rd, 2015
Brutally honest. A haunted past is seemlessly sewn into a troubled future. A painfully somber look at consequences and their effect on people.
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