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 enlarge | Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Doubleday Canada Ltd
Category: Book
Buy Used: $176.52
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2452 reviews
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
ISBN: 0385660065
EAN: 9780385660068
ASIN: 0385660065
Publication Date: June 2003
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 ENJOY August 13, 2008
The scenes in the book are easily visualized thanks to Hosseini's beautiful descriptive style. This is a novel that truly touches the soul. I could not put it down.!
A gripping, heart-rending read August 13, 2008
Khaled Hosseini takes you inside the headlines and beyond. But this intimate look into a Kabul neighborhood is so much more than politics and strife. That is merely the backdrop as a young Afghan called Amir comes to grips with haunting regrets and a drive for atonement - a very human drama played out in an unfamiliar culture. Its the kind of book that stretches your understanding of life in a world being torn apart; and of humanity in general.
 The Kite Runner August 12, 2008
This book is as advertised. Moving and well written. Maybe its the women theme, but I liked A thousand splendid suns better. I did not like how serious issues of the young boy were not addressed/dealt with once he came to the US and the ending was a big let down.
I just came back from a trip to Afghanistan!!! August 12, 2008
I just finished this book yesterday and let me tell you, I am so very glad I tried it. The only thing I knew about this book is that it was a best seller for a while now. I started reading the first page and was so mesmerized, before I knew it, I was about fifty pages in. This book is simply beautiful. Written so poetically and vividly, you feel like you are right there with the characters, growing up with them, feeling their pain and seeing what they see. It is one heck of an emotional rollercoaster. This book is almost surreal in describing the smell and sound of faraway places and people (with respect to Americans, that is). How sweet and bitter childhood can be... In a weird way, it reminds me of Janet Fitche's white oleander, obviously not in the story itself, but in the flowing, eloquent style and the colorful sensations that simply bring both books into life. I stop to smell the wind now. I find myself wondering how long has Dr. Hosseini had this story inside him, how long that he kept this inside, wanting to tell this beautiful accout of his homeland. This book seemed so real and alive, I found it hard to believe it was not a memoire. In the streets, every time I turn around and see a middle eastern ten year old kid I wonder if that is Sohrab, then, remind myself it was only a book. This book tells the saga of one pashtun family, and it is set against the backdrop of the fall of the monarchy and the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan. This book is really a riveting masterpiece. I highly recommend it to every human being out there, pick it up, you will not be sorry. I cannot wait to get my hands on Dr. Hosseini's second novel.
Great book August 12, 2008
I could not put it. It's a great read and I would recommend it to anyone!
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