For those who've not picked up the Kite Runner (Khaled Hosseini) my advice is to go and get your book right now... I've only started reading the book 2 days back and I am completely hooked. The author has captured the friendship between the protagonist Amir and his servant/friend Hassan, just so beautifully. The intricacies of the child's mind come out so clearly- his love for Hassan, yet his envy of his courage and the place that he holds in his father's heart. Ali hopes to make his own father proud of him too, wants his father to love him unconditionally, wants him to smile at him affectionately and call him Amir Jaan.
But in order to gain that love (by winning the kite flying tournament) Amir needs to sacrifice something and takes the coward's way out. But now the taste of success is bitter. The description of that guilt, his inability to sleep, the crack in his voice are captured amazingly. Somehow you can totally understand and feel exactly what he is going through..
How Amir finally gains redemption, how he deals with his conscience, how does that incident on the day of the tournament affect his future and the person he grows up to be- I can't wait to get back home and find out :)
You'll definitely find out in my next post :)
P.S. Must read novel...definitely a MUST-read :)
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