The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0385660073 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Kimmi of Kelowna, British Columbia Canada on 3/23/2006
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6 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Kimmi from Kelowna, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, March 23, 2006
I can say nothing but WOW about this book. I read it in less than 24 hours and loved every page. What a moving story! This story about the life of a father and son in Afghanistan is fascinating. My husband wants to read it but it is also available for anyone else who might want it.

Journal Entry 2 by Kimmi from Kelowna, British Columbia Canada on Monday, April 10, 2006
This book will be sent to Australia at the beginning of May.

Journal Entry 3 by Kimmi from Kelowna, British Columbia Canada on Sunday, April 30, 2006
My husband has just finished reading this book and said it was a very interesting look at a culture we know very little about. He enjoyed the story and liked learning more about pre-Taliban and pre-America Afghanistan. In his opinion, the whole redemption theme was a little heavy handed but aside from that, it was a good first novel.

This is being sent to BinkyBuffy in Australia on Thursday, May 4th.

Journal Entry 4 by binkybuffy from Adelaide, South Australia Australia on Saturday, May 13, 2006
Received the book, thanks Kimmi will read and journal again when finished.

Journal Entry 5 by binkybuffy from Adelaide, South Australia Australia on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
I really enjoyed this book was different to what I normally read so it was a nice change. I have had it sitting on my bedside drawers for sometime had I known it was so good I would've read it alot sooner.I get to a stage where I read too many books and need a break and read magazines and now I'm back into it again.
Good book. Have agreed to send it to another bookcrosser in NSW who would like to read it.

Journal Entry 6 by misterteapot from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Sunday, October 21, 2007
Received in the mail today. Thank you so much binkybuffy and thank you to Kimmi who released it in the first place :)

Journal Entry 7 by misterteapot from Helsinki, Uusimaa / Nyland Finland on Saturday, December 1, 2007
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story is "current" in that some of the events recorded are occuring as recently as today in Afghanistan...

In a strange coincidence I was reading "The Linnet Bird" (q.v. in "All Books" on my bookshelf) at the same time... the "hero" of that particular story was a "Pathan" (more correctly known as the Pashtun) and it is this race of people who make up the majority of the Taliban. A stark contrast in recording the "culture" of these people in the two books...

It is the story of a young boy who becomes a writer after escaping the Taliban and emigrating to America as a young man... his father goes with him and they work as market stall holders to earn enough for the son to get a "western" education.

He returns to the city of his birth in Afghanistan to right a wrong.

One of the aspects of the book I really enjoyed was the use of many Afghani words in the story that are explained; not as footnotes, or in parentheses, but in the text.

Beautifully written. Recommended.

Journal Entry 8 by jacaranda-merry from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Friday, January 11, 2008
Thank you dear misterteapot. Safely received this book with a parcel of 12 others. Very much looking forward to reading it.

Journal Entry 9 by jacaranda-merry from Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Saturday, March 15, 2008
Beautifully written - I loved this. Very interesting look at Afghanistan pre the Soviet invasion and the impact on the country of that invasion and the subsequent iron rule of the Taliban. I liked the theme of atonement - 'there is a way to be good again'.

To be released to a non bookcrosser.

Journal Entry 10 by wingAnonymousFinderwing on Wednesday, April 9, 2008
A member of "bookcrossing" passed on The Kite Runner to me after we saw the movie together. As I have a number of Hazara friends who camre to Australia to seek asylum and refuge from the current wars, I felt a strong ermpathy with the characters and their plight. I've passed the book on to my neighboursand I will tell them how to log its next move.

CAUGHT IN BRISBANE QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA

Journal Entry 11 by rem_PSG-585111 on Monday, September 28, 2009
A friend gave it to me. I'll leave it on a bus station seat for someone else to enjoy.
I enjoyed it very much. I've met some Hazara refugees here, so that gave it an extra dimension.
The only problem I had was in identifying with the narrator, as he was such a self-centred wimp. That was necessary, I guess, to give extra power to his redemption at the end. But it nearly made me stop reading once or twice.
For those interested in more info on Afghanistan, I recommend visiting SarahChayes.net. Better still, read her excellent (non-fiction) book, "The Punishment of Virtue." It will tell you just about all you need to know about Afghanistan, its history and how it got into this mess.
Joal

CAUGHT IN BRISBANE QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA

Journal Entry 12 by wingAnonymousFinderwing at Brisbane, Queensland Australia on Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Picked it up and paid 2.50 for it in lifeline bookfest for school. Read it a couple of times, really good.

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