The Kite Runner

With more than ten million copies sold in the United States of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, and more than thirty-eight million copies sold worldwide in more than seventy countries, Khaled Hosseini is one of most widely read and beloved novelists in the entire world. The Kite Runner spent 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and A Thousand Splendid Suns debuted as a #1 New York Times bestseller, remaining in the #1 spot for fifteen weeks, and spending nearly an entire year on the bestseller list. Hosseini is a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.Website: http://www.khaledhosseini.com

出版者:Riverhead Hardcover

作者:[阿富汗] 卡勒德·胡赛尼

页数:336

出版时间:2003-06-02

价格:USD 24.95

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781573222457

图书标签:小说阿富汗外国文学宗教卡勒德·胡赛尼TheRunnerKite

An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present.

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 it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family, love, and friendship against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, bringing to mind the large canvases of the Russian writers of the nineteenth century. But just as it is old-fashioned in its narration, it is contemporary in its subject-the devastating history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years. As emotionally gripping as it is tender, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful debut.

读后感

书的前三分之一是令人惊艳的。我觉得作者的一大贡献是写出了小孩子的邪恶，不像一般著作里把小孩想当然的善良化。这种幼稚、纯真而残忍的邪恶是我从未在别的书中看过的，甚好甚好。在这部分里，童年的“我”和现在的“我”交替出现。有时候面对童年阿米尔的邪恶念头，你真想抽...  

《追风筝的人》原来是一个关于记忆，关于背叛和救赎的小说。 本来以为是那种晦涩的莫名其妙的哲理小说，因此这么多年了都没看。 这一次，因为手边没有其他的书，无奈之下才读了，没想到被深深震撼。 读到深夜只看到一半，第二天很早醒来继续读，终于读完。 对我来说这是读得很...  

如果不是那个叫拉登的人，你很难有机会在电视上看到一个和西海固无比近似的地方，除了美国人的军靴和难民的蓬头垢面，它的一切印象符合一个地理系学生的学科经验，干旱、缺水、尘土飞扬以及自然而然的贫穷。之所以这样，一方面缘于一知半解，一方面缘于没有像《追风筝的人》那...  

我跟儿子说给你推荐一本书吧，《追风筝的人》，我刚读完。 儿子说你先讲讲书的内容。 我刚说这是一个关于阿富汗人的故事。儿子摇摇头，表示对阿富汗这个国家的故事不感兴趣。我觉得很能理解。从听到这本书开始，已经历经大概近十年的时间，期间我也曾因为对它好评如潮应景地买...  

用户评价

nakamamin给我看的，，，

"For you, a thousand times over". This book is a novel about friendship, betrayal, and the price of loyalty. And it describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But with the devastation, it also gives us hope: the possibilities for redemption——when guilt leads to good!

nakamamin给我看的，，，

an amazing story

虽然生词有些多 看原版越看越有味道越被吸引 战争是多么残酷无情 刚开始看到Amir的所作所为会因此愤怒 可如果换成自己或许也会如此 太过懦弱并不善良却又无法残忍 最后把自己陷入悔恨纠结当中 无论怎么逃 都无法逃脱内心道德谴责 愿我们终将被自己救赎