The Kite Runner

In International English now, we have begun to read the very famous book "The kite runner". It is written by Khaled Hosseini and it was published in 2003. The novel is about a boy named Amir and his friend Hassan, who is son of Amir's fathers Hazara survent. Amir lives with his father, a wealthy businessman. His wife, Amirs mother died during birth of Amir. The setting is in Kabul.

Baba, Amir’s father is concerned about Amir not being man enough, and that Hassan always has to back him up. One day the two boys were going to the cinema. They took a shortcut through a military barracks, when suddenly one of the soldiers called out to Hassan. "Hey you, I know you". Neither Hassan nor Amir had ever seen this man before. He began screaming, "I knew your mother, real good. I took her from the behind by that creek there". The solider kept shouting rude things, and the boys ran off. Later during the movie, Hassan cried. Further in the novel I get the impression that Amir is desperate to win his fathers approval, he doesn’t like when Hassan gets more attention than him.

I read to chapter four this weekend, so far I think the book is very exciting. I've never read this book before, however I have seen the film a couple of years ago and in my eyes it was breathtaking and unforgettable.

trailer of the movie you can see by pressing here

Hugs from Susanna