As you all must have understood by reading the title, This post is about a poignant story I read awhile back ‘The Kite Runner’ by Khaled Hosseini.

The most beautiful fact about ‘The Kite Runner’ is It felt very close to the reality, I could instantly picture a boy like Amir and someone like Hassan. The plight of people living amid wars in Afghanistan brought tears in my eyes. Wars destroying their culture, uprooting their heritage, Ruling and torturing them in their own land was gruesome, I just dint realise when i started crying for those people. The Characters are so beautifully potrayed, some of whom I instantly fell in love with, and some whom I couldnt help but Hate.
This story is about Amir, a upper class Pashtun, who enjoys the luxury of education, material comfort and a playmate Hassan, His Hazara servants son. Throughout the story the Loyality and friendhsip between them are tested, where Hassan often ends up paying a Heavy price more than life itself and Amir chooses a path of less resisitance hiding behind his superior class. Marking the betrayal of Amir towards Hassan, the scar on Amir’s heart tortures and ridicules him his whole life when one day He gets a chance to redeem himself, choosing of which leads him to an another perilous challenge filled with Love, Hope, Loss and Happiness, explaning him the essence of His life, His friendship with his longtime companion Hassan.

I wish i could write more, I wish my words wouldnt have betrayed me. This book left me absolutely speechless just like His lates novel ‘The Thousand Splendid Suns’ which I will reviewing shortly inshallah. I encourage everyone to read this book, I am sure you would be amazed by the beautiful and enriching debutant stroy from Khaled.

A very heartwarming read by Khaled – The Kite Runner.

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