The Kite Runner

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Devastating' Daily Telegraph 'Heartbreaking' The Times 'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende 'Haunting' Independent Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is 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 Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption. Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win 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 still 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 his new world cannot grant him: redemption. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies. A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic. ([source][1]) [1]: https://khaledhosseini.com/books/the-kite-runner/ The First Of The Defeated Kites Whirled Out Of Control. They Fell From The Sky Like Shooting Stars With Brilliant, Rippling Tails, Showering The Neighbourhood. Amir And Hassan Grow Up Together In Kabul. Amir In The Beautiful House His Father Built, Filled With Marble, Gold, Tapestries And Mosaics; Hassan In The Modest Mud Hut In The Servants' Quarters. The Two Are Inseparable, And When Twelve-year-old Amir Is Desperate To Win The Local Kite-fighting Tournament, His Loyal Friend Promises To Help Him. But Neither Boy Can Predict What Will Happen To Hassan That Afternoon – As The Kites Soar Over The City – And How It Will Change Their Lives Forever. Twelve-year old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves ot 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 1970's Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servatn who is jeered at in the street ... but niether of the boys could forsee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives Story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul during the final days of the monarchy. When Amir is forced to flee with his prominent and wealthy father for a new life in California, he leaves behind Hassan, the son of his father's servant. Amir cannot, however, leave the memory of Hassan behind him