The Kite Runner is the best book I ever read in my whole life. I felt so emotionally fixated throughout the reading - love, cruelty, pain, hatred, friendship and finally redemption. I found it so emotional I actually sobbed a couple of times. Thank you Khaled Hosseini for giving the world a true perspective of life and the people of Aghanistan. Bravo!
Oh, what a relief. Hosseini speaks almost as well as he writes, but not quite. By my count, he has written three masterpieces, if not four (I have not read his fourth book). I have just finished "And the Mountains Echoed." And I think I see one source of his mastery: he has a concept of honor, and it applies to his writing as well as to his life. In America, we regularly encounter the term "product" to describe movies, books, podcasts, what-have-yous. In the world of products, the objective is to produce something that will make a profit (that can be measured in dollars) for the investors and the artists. But for someone to do honorable work, that suggests standing up straight in front of your God, your parents, your children, and the best of your society, and doing your best to speak the truth. In Hosseini's case that best is very good indeed. I am an old, tough, cynical reader, and Hosseini can bring me to tears. Many of his readers are grateful for the tears in his books. That is because we cannot share the joys, and grit, and devastating insights in his stories without the tears. There is no monetary way to measure his success, unless we can measure hearts resonating.
Hear, hear! People act as if there is no racism in that country. Not only did Dr. Hosseini do a magnificent job in portraying what Afghanistan went through with the soviets, but also the problems ethnic levels in the country itself through Hassan and Amir. Great job Khaled Hosseni!
Back then, I only thought of Afghanistan but war and guns and chaos not until I read The Kite Runner. It had brought me to the beautiful country, before the greed of people consumed it. I cried for Hassan and symphathized for Amir, almost as if it was my own story.
Khaled Hosseini is my favourite writer as he creates these amazing characters and pulls on my heartstrings but he never gives the reunions you want. you might say that's real life but I have had to come out with different endings to stop myself from grieving. its taken me a while to get over his books and they are still all with me now. In kite runner I so felt like Hassan should know that Amir cared so much and they should see each other happily again, in thousand splendid suns I so wanted Mariam to know that her father did care, did regret and gave her the snow white and seven dwarfs in rememberance. not that just Laila got it not knowing the significance, and in the mountains echoed i so needed Pari to know the meaning behind the feather, how close Abdullah and her were, that Abdullah pretty much brought her up and that nothing made either of them happier than being together and about the dog shuja and their father telling stories and their mother with pari's goodness in her. it seemed cruel that they never truly realised the truth. my one saving grace is that i believe in heaven so i say it'll b all right in the end. yes, i know its not real but when characters enter my heart they become real.
why does he say that there are some people who think Afghanistan is full of people who love each other and get along? i don't think anyone is saying that.
I loved the book as well and I can only recommend it. Eventhough I disliked the film adaption, because it thought it was a bit too theatralic and Hollywood-like to me. But may I ask why you were almost got fired?
I actually didn't like A Thousand Spendid Suns. Not because of the graphic content but because I felt he didn't really explain why the husband (or the men in general) were so evil. Also it was quite shallow. All the men only liked Laila because she was pretty. Also it seemed to favor American culture. It's an accurate story but I feel like it only shows one side of Afghanistan, the bad side that I can watch in a BBC documentary. I think as an Afghan he should not be biased. As an Afghan he should give new insight into Afghan culture and this is information we all already know. There is lots of bad in Afghanistan, but there are good people too. Maybe I should try reading The Kite Runner.
Characterizing "A Thousand Splendid Suns" as misandrist due to its female-centric plot is no different than characterizing "The Kite Runner" as misogynist due to its male-centric plot. If you think that stories about women are somehow degrading to men, then you have a very fragile ego. The novel's real bias was against the Soviets/communists, who were making enormous strides towards modernity and equality in Afghanistan, specifically in regard to women's rights. The Soviets only intervened on behalf of Kabul to help protect the country from the foreign-backed mujahideen fighters.
Critiquing ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ as shallow is ironical, tbh. The husband liked Leila because she was pretty, yes and? He only cared about her beauty and was already a pretty shitty man. It was reality. Ofc you can say that not all men look for beauty, but Hosseini decided to portray a man who did look for beauty. If you’re referring to the man Leila loved and later lived with, it’s not exactly fair to say that he was only into her looks because he came back to find her and married her after her teeth had gone yellow, her hair was barely there. And she has been brutalized by her husband for years. It’s safe to say that by the time they actually got together, she was not at all ‘pretty.’ Hosseini portraying the men as all evil is not entirely true. Around other men and Afghan society, the husband was civil and conversed affably. The abuse was only directed at his wives and was quite the norm in that culture because of the prevailing inequality. He was a sexist who decided it was his divine right to have his way with the women he was married to. Giving him a backstory and a reason to his acts, explaining “why he was so evil” would cut out the point of inequality that Hosseini is trying to make. (This is all just my opinion. After all, any discussion about this is subjective.)
this book made me realise how lucky i am to be born in a country that may not be the richest in the world and I have to work hard to make ends meet but I will never, ever be forced to marry a man I do not love and have not chosen to marry
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The Kite Runner is the best book I ever read in my whole life. I felt so emotionally fixated throughout the reading - love, cruelty, pain, hatred, friendship and finally redemption. I found it so emotional I actually sobbed a couple of times. Thank you Khaled Hosseini for giving the world a true perspective of life and the people of Aghanistan. Bravo!
Oh, what a relief. Hosseini speaks almost as well as he writes, but not quite. By my count, he has written three masterpieces, if not four (I have not read his fourth book). I have just finished "And the Mountains Echoed." And I think I see one source of his mastery: he has a concept of honor, and it applies to his writing as well as to his life. In America, we regularly encounter the term "product" to describe movies, books, podcasts, what-have-yous. In the world of products, the objective is to produce something that will make a profit (that can be measured in dollars) for the investors and the artists. But for someone to do honorable work, that suggests standing up straight in front of your God, your parents, your children, and the best of your society, and doing your best to speak the truth. In Hosseini's case that best is very good indeed. I am an old, tough, cynical reader, and Hosseini can bring me to tears. Many of his readers are grateful for the tears in his books. That is because we cannot share the joys, and grit, and devastating insights in his stories without the tears. There is no monetary way to measure his success, unless we can measure hearts resonating.
Hear, hear! People act as if there is no racism in that country. Not only did Dr. Hosseini do a magnificent job in portraying what Afghanistan went through with the soviets, but also the problems ethnic levels in the country itself through Hassan and Amir. Great job Khaled Hosseni!
well i like the way he talks and his book's (which i just started reading excuse my lateness :P) characters seem so genuin and feel so real!!!
Back then, I only thought of Afghanistan but war and guns and chaos not until I read The Kite Runner. It had brought me to the beautiful country, before the greed of people consumed it. I cried for Hassan and symphathized for Amir, almost as if it was my own story.
Can't wait for his next novel out in May inshaAllah :-)
Khaled Hosseini is my favourite writer as he creates these amazing characters and pulls on my heartstrings but he never gives the reunions you want. you might say that's real life but I have had to come out with different endings to stop myself from grieving. its taken me a while to get over his books and they are still all with me now. In kite runner I so felt like Hassan should know that Amir cared so much and they should see each other happily again, in thousand splendid suns I so wanted Mariam to know that her father did care, did regret and gave her the snow white and seven dwarfs in rememberance. not that just Laila got it not knowing the significance, and in the mountains echoed i so needed Pari to know the meaning behind the feather, how close Abdullah and her were, that Abdullah pretty much brought her up and that nothing made either of them happier than being together and about the dog shuja and their father telling stories and their mother with pari's goodness in her. it seemed cruel that they never truly realised the truth. my one saving grace is that i believe in heaven so i say it'll b all right in the end. yes, i know its not real but when characters enter my heart they become real.
You are legit one of the most delicate people known to mankind!♥😭
i am jealous of khaled hussaini...his great writing style, his beatiful work, and the money im sure hes made
Kite runner is depressing as shit but still best book I’ve ever read
hella, fAcTs
please write more!
why does he say that there are some people who think Afghanistan is full of people who love each other and get along? i don't think anyone is saying that.
I loved the book as well and I can only recommend it. Eventhough I disliked the film adaption, because it thought it was a bit too theatralic and Hollywood-like to me. But may I ask why you were almost got fired?
@GreatNationGal i read his books in Russian. They're great, agha =)
I actually didn't like A Thousand Spendid Suns. Not because of the graphic content but because I felt he didn't really explain why the husband (or the men in general) were so evil. Also it was quite shallow. All the men only liked Laila because she was pretty. Also it seemed to favor American culture. It's an accurate story but I feel like it only shows one side of Afghanistan, the bad side that I can watch in a BBC documentary. I think as an Afghan he should not be biased. As an Afghan he should give new insight into Afghan culture and this is information we all already know. There is lots of bad in Afghanistan, but there are good people too. Maybe I should try reading The Kite Runner.
Kite Runner is better IMO. It's very much father son where as A Thousand Splendid Suns is more mother-daughter
Characterizing "A Thousand Splendid Suns" as misandrist due to its female-centric plot is no different than characterizing "The Kite Runner" as misogynist due to its male-centric plot. If you think that stories about women are somehow degrading to men, then you have a very fragile ego. The novel's real bias was against the Soviets/communists, who were making enormous strides towards modernity and equality in Afghanistan, specifically in regard to women's rights. The Soviets only intervened on behalf of Kabul to help protect the country from the foreign-backed mujahideen fighters.
That's fair
Critiquing ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ as shallow is ironical, tbh. The husband liked Leila because she was pretty, yes and? He only cared about her beauty and was already a pretty shitty man. It was reality. Ofc you can say that not all men look for beauty, but Hosseini decided to portray a man who did look for beauty. If you’re referring to the man Leila loved and later lived with, it’s not exactly fair to say that he was only into her looks because he came back to find her and married her after her teeth had gone yellow, her hair was barely there. And she has been brutalized by her husband for years. It’s safe to say that by the time they actually got together, she was not at all ‘pretty.’
Hosseini portraying the men as all evil is not entirely true. Around other men and Afghan society, the husband was civil and conversed affably. The abuse was only directed at his wives and was quite the norm in that culture because of the prevailing inequality. He was a sexist who decided it was his divine right to have his way with the women he was married to. Giving him a backstory and a reason to his acts, explaining “why he was so evil” would cut out the point of inequality that Hosseini is trying to make.
(This is all just my opinion. After all, any discussion about this is subjective.)
@@JW-uy2onlook another propagandist trying to defend europeans and their thirst for blood
this book made me realise how lucky i am to be born in a country that may not be the richest in the world and I have to work hard to make ends meet but I will never, ever be forced to marry a man I do not love and have not chosen to marry
love it when pigtoons get angy
black widow dies
like, if you had to watch this for school
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i was forced to watch this
same brother
Too bad he was born in Kabul. So you just told a "bigg lies"