It is delicate, subtle, ironic and in a good sentimental novel by Khaled Hosseini. It is wonderful unforgettable book, which is called the main novel of the new century. The Kite Runner is heartfelt, sneaks up to the insides story about companionship and dedication. The Kite Runner is a very strong work: there are terrible things are mixed with fun, and stories are so bright that it is impossible to forget them. The writer tells about a quiet prewar Kabul, where the children lived, not knowing what the shelling and explosions are. That is the city, where you need to take a sharp stick instead of a credit card if you go shopping. The city where the boys were convinced that Charles Bronson and John Wayne are Iranians, because films came in Afghanistan from Tehran, translated into Persian. This means that all the heroes of westerns were Iranians. In a city, where a very serious matter for all citizens were kites battles.
American writer of Afghan origin has shocked the literacy world with universal truth about the war-torn faraway country. Afghanistan, that we do not know, was described in a book, as someone’s birthplace and someone’s childhood memory, as the most common country with the most ordinary people. He writers about how easy is to betray a friend when you are scared; even when you are a very good man you can sleep with best friend’ wife; he writes about hatred to the wonderful person simply because you are guilty before him.
Kite is a symbol of the soul, which is soaring high in the sky or lying broken on the ground. This book is about a boy running for the kite, and the kite – a windswept thing without a homeland; about war and refugees, about the customs, the sacrifice of pride, devotion; about a foreign and incomprehensible country that is a place of interest for the strong countries. Burning thread through the entire book is violence. Violence as a way to subjugate, humiliate, crush and establish violence as a manifestation of the old pagan past, violence, as a reflection of the ruined spirituality, violence, the despair. The story is very dense and rich on all fronts. On one hand we absorb a lot of information about unfamiliar Afghanistan. We learn how these people were surviving, taking into the account that they had noone and nothing, their government ravaged the country, then the Soviet troops battered frightened people, and then sadistic Taliban launched ethnic cleansing and completed the general devastation. Sensing this information is a little bit difficult, because lifestyle and way of life is very unusual.
The two main heroes – Amir and Hassan – were too different. One was a representative of aristocracy and another was just a servant. One father was a handsome and important, the other – miserable. One was an avid reader, and the other was illiterate. Even though these boys were too different, they were very close friends. Of course, the key story is the fate of two boys, one is Amir, who has betrayed and then renounced his friend and second – Hassan, he was ready to honor his life and sacrifice for the sake of friendship. Why Hasan did not give Amir’s kite to offenders? He could avoid trouble. Because that kite was associated with Amir, his friend, to give such an important trophy for him would be to betray everything he valued. After many years of civil war, one of them has returned to their homeland, to correct mistakes made in childhood.
Khaled Hosseini many times made readers to think about their dirty selfish thoughts, about their actions we are ashamed for. The author has given a hope to be free from torture of the conscience for those who at one time went low, stumbled. This book makes the reader better, and maybe even braver. The novel became one of the most striking phenomena in world of literature in recent years. In the title of his book, the writer recalls one of the traditional games of Afghan boys – the kite battles. Defeat all the opponents and be alone to soar in the bottomless blue sky is a real children’s happiness. You run for kite and wind as you run over your fate, trying to catch her. But one day it will catch you.