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The Kite Runner
- Narrateur(s): Khaled Hosseini
- Durée: 12 h et 1 min
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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so conflicted
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The Book Thief
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It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.
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The Book Thief Stole My Heart
- Écrit par Tobie le 2018-10-27
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Life of Pi
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After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a 16-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years.
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The book is always better than the movie
- Écrit par Mary Allison le 2018-10-09
Auteur(s): Yann Martel
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The Kite Runner
- Auteur(s): Khaled Hosseini
- Narrateur(s): Khaled Hosseini
- Durée: 6 h et 17 min
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Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys, Amir and Hassan, growing up in Kabul. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.
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- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-01-07
Auteur(s): Khaled Hosseini
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To Kill a Mockingbird
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- Narrateur(s): Sissy Spacek
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Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.
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wonderful
- Écrit par Sally le 2019-01-14
Auteur(s): Harper Lee
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The Kite Runner: CliffsNotes
- Auteur(s): Richard Wasowski M.A.
- Narrateur(s): Luke Daniels
- Durée: 2 h et 45 min
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The CliffsNotes study guide on Hosseini's The Kite Runner supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them, in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul, they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.
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so conflicted
- Écrit par Lisa M. le 2019-04-06
Auteur(s): Khaled Hosseini
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The Book Thief
- Auteur(s): Markus Zusak
- Narrateur(s): Allan Corduner
- Durée: 13 h et 56 min
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It's just a small story really, about, among other things, a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist: books.
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The Book Thief Stole My Heart
- Écrit par Tobie le 2018-10-27
Auteur(s): Markus Zusak
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Life of Pi
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- Narrateur(s): Rajiv Surendra
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After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a 16-year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg), a female orangutan - and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. The scene is set for one of the most extraordinary and beloved works of fiction in recent years.
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The book is always better than the movie
- Écrit par Mary Allison le 2018-10-09
Auteur(s): Yann Martel
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The Kite Runner
- Auteur(s): Khaled Hosseini
- Narrateur(s): Khaled Hosseini
- Durée: 6 h et 17 min
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Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys, Amir and Hassan, growing up in Kabul. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.
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Shortened version
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-01-07
Auteur(s): Khaled Hosseini
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To Kill a Mockingbird
- Auteur(s): Harper Lee
- Narrateur(s): Sissy Spacek
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Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.
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wonderful
- Écrit par Sally le 2019-01-14
Auteur(s): Harper Lee
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The Kite Runner: CliffsNotes
- Auteur(s): Richard Wasowski M.A.
- Narrateur(s): Luke Daniels
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The CliffsNotes study guide on Hosseini's The Kite Runner supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. CliffsNotes Review tests your comprehension of the original text and reinforces learning with questions and answers, practice projects, and more.
Auteur(s): Richard Wasowski M.A.
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
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Had to listen to this right after Kite Runner
- Écrit par Udyr le 2021-12-20
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Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home. When she is 12, the Nazis occupy Paris and father and daughter flee to the walled citadel of Saint-Malo, where Marie-Laure’s reclusive great-uncle lives in a tall house by the sea. With them they carry what might be the museum’s most valuable and dangerous jewel.
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Best book, but narration brings it down a bit
- Écrit par Ben le 2018-01-31
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Lord of the Flies
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- Narrateur(s): Martin Jarvis
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A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying beast. As the boys’ delicate sense of order fades, so their childish dreams are transformed into something more primitive and their behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.
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The Color of Our Sky
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India, 1986: Mukta, a 10-year-old village girl from the lower-caste Yellama cult, has come of age and must fulfill her destiny of becoming a temple prostitute, as her mother and grandmother did before her. In an attempt to escape her fate, Mukta is sent to be a house girl for an upper-middle class family in Mumbai. There she discovers a friend in the daughter of the family, high-spirited eight-year-old Tara, who helps her recover from the wounds of her past.
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a story that will touch your heart and soul
- Écrit par Regina le 2018-06-29
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Death of a Salesman
- Auteur(s): Arthur Miller
- Narrateur(s): Stacy Keach, Jane Kaczmarek, Steven Culp, Autres
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Stacy Keach and Jane Kaczmarek star in this 1949 masterpiece by Arthur Miller, a searing portrait of the physical, emotional, and psychological costs of the American dream. Willy Loman (Keach) is the play's iconic traveling salesman, whose family is torn apart by his desperate obsession with greatness and social acceptance. As his two sons cast about aimlessly for their station in life, Willy begins to come unraveled when the reality of his life threatens his long-cherished illusions.
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A must listen, simply captivating
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Auteur(s): Arthur Miller
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Three Cups of Tea
- One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations
- Auteur(s): Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
- Narrateur(s): Patrick Lawlor
- Durée: 13 h et 28 min
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In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time: Greg Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban.
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Disappointment
- Écrit par Daisy Boyle le 2022-11-22
Auteur(s): Greg Mortenson, Autres
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The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope for redemption.
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- Alex Award Winner, 2004
"A beautiful novel...ranks among the best-written and most provocative stories of the year." (The Denver Post)
"Powerful first novel...tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love." (The New York Times)
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- Morganizer
- 2021-02-04
Engaging, though at times Confusing and Expository
An interesting and engaging story, of a man slowly unravelling the relationships in his life and truth, and lies, and half-truths told with good intentions. The author does a fair job of reading his book, but falls a bit short on characterization compared to actors reading books. This is compounded by the fact that a lot of the characters have names unfamiliar to Westerners, and I sometimes found it hard to keep track of the significance of who-said-what (and both male and female names are sometimes appended with the suffix -jon). Events are repeated as their significance becomes clear, and I found this a bit expository. On the other hand, I remember hearing news of the war in Afghanistan as I was growing up, and found it interesting to hear a story told by someone who lived through those events. Another strong theme is his having lived his whole life among men, up until he got married, and this is the case in many societies. But different from what I experienced in the West, so it opened my eyes to another facet of the human experience. Worthwhile listening to, and it kept me company while working on a project that took several hours.
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- sarah
- 2021-09-14
Amazing and emotional
As an Afghan myself this was the first time listening to this book. It was nice hearing about the Afghanistan that my parents grew up in and the similarities overlapping their stories. Overall great book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-11-03
Heartbreaking and hopeful
The Kite Runner is both heartbreaking and hopeful. The plot complex enough to keep you reading eagerly until twists and turns guide you to the end. The book also gives relevance to world history and gives you as the reader intense compassion and understanding for the Afghan people. Rich in detail, interest and emotion remain high as one reads this moving and rich novel.
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- Annemarie Bain
- 2020-07-02
good book
it was a good book however it wasn't my cup of tea. it was well written and the performance was perfect. I just didn't enjoy the book.
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- Ed Harding
- 2023-11-13
What a wonderful story.
I saw the movie and it did not do justice for the book. The book is far more spellbinding and realistic.
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- Stacy
- 2023-02-22
beautiful tragic story
what a gut wrenching story. I cried many times in this book. what a vivid story of a world I couldn't even imagine. I learned so much from this book. I enjoyed the way it was written
the performance was a little hard to follow at times.
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- Kindle Customer
- 2023-01-18
Enjoyable Book
It was an enjoyable book. The twists were on the nose but not bad. I loved all the cultural aspects that I got to learn about throughout the story. It was very immersive.
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- Ivy
- 2022-04-07
ADDICTING!!
Beautifully written, satisfying story. Loved all of the characters and all of their complexities. it started off a little slow, but instantly picked back up. Characters are well thought out, and the events that take place in the plot are so saddening but necessary to read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-11-25
My first fiction book in a while
I love this book. I would recommend it to everyone who don’t know anything about Afghanistan. I choose this rating because as I learned about Afshanistan for the first time. It wasn’t a history book but its was gentle strokes of culture and understanding with in a story. I am so so glad I heard this one. It was hard to put down while it swang me through strong and gentle emotions.
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- 2021-09-28
Couldn’t be more relevant for today
Such a well-crafted story narrated so well by the author.
Insights into Afghanistan as it once was, as well as what it has become today. The characters are complex yet very real and believable. Highly recommend.
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- VR
- 2020-10-25
The kite runner
Afghanistan evokes images of war, social inequality, veiled women and religious intolerance. Hosseini's writing is not particularly evocative and there are parts of the narrative that are somewhat forced and uninspired in their predictability, with very stereotyped characters.
This book fell short of expectations. Its strength lies in its themes and in making us aware of various episodes of Afghan history and customs (everyday life during the Soviet and Taliban occupations, the abominable custom of bacha bazi (still practiced, despite the penal framework!), folklore, etc.) .
"A thousand splendid suns" remains my favorite of the author's body of work.
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- Client d'Amazon
- 2018-07-10
Impressive
This is the second book of Khaled Hosseini that I read. The second time he impresses me with his writing, his story telling, his way of making us feel the emotions of the characters... his stories really leave a mark.
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- Ghina
- 2014-10-12
I now feel like running kites
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A magical blend of history, kites, betrayl and redemption... The Kite runner is a book like no other. Definitely one of my all time favorites.The author's voice only renders it even more touching and real. Get ready to drift away!
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- P. C..S.
- 2003-08-17
A Worhty Read
It might seem a difficult task to stay with a book whose protagonist is so weak, bullying and completely self-absorbed while at the same time thoroughly understandable. Yet, I could not stop; I could not turn it off. Set in the context of recent Afghan history, it describes a relationship of two children contorted by social limitations and a frustrated father-son relationship thwarted in part by the same factors. It is however, beyond all else, a tale of wounds and scars, both self-inflicted and not. Very disturbing and thoght-provoking on many levels. Though authors often do not make the best readers of their work, this author's presence adds to the texture of the prose.
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- Bellevue, WA
- 2003-09-16
worth staying with
The first half of this story could have been about any whiny, privileged child trying to gain our empathy for having grown up in the shadow (you say "shadow", I say "great example") of a father of great character. Not new, not insightful.
BUT the second half takes off, as the narrator is thrust into a chance to redeem himself as a man, an Afghan, a muslim. The characters become much more intriguingly drawn and the world they traverse becomes palpable.
The skill of a reader is essential to my enjoyment of an audio book - a bad reader will make me abandon a good story. The author of the Kite Runner is an excellent reader of this tale. He speaks in an English that is clear even to my very provincial northern US ear, but with Afghan pronunciations that add musicality to the story and draw the listener fully into the author's world.
Well worth the reading.
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- Joseph
- 2004-10-02
A storyteller's story
I never thought, from the descrption of this book, that I would fall in love with it! The characters are so real and every page of the story is captivating! Written like a memoir, but definitely a novel ending in present day. The descriptions of the "old" Afghanistan made it come alive with the smells, sounds, tone, formality of life, family and what it means, and hierarchy of society. I really "rooted for" some of the characters yet there are moments you can hate them, with all their flaws. These, too, are easy to relate to. Now I feel like I understand a little bit more about Isalm and the people who worship this religion. I also have a deeper understanding of the Middle Eastern customs. The story, though.....The Story is what I would recommend this book for.
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- Andrew Covington
- 2007-11-02
My Goodness, What a Audiobook!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There are audiobooks and there are GREAT audiobooks. This is a GREAT audiobook!!! After hundereds of audiobooks, only Nelson Demille's "The Gold Coast" is in the same class. I resisted listening to The Kite Runner for a long time due to the fact I thought a setting based in Afganastan just wasn't my cup of tea. I could not have been more wrong. The plight of Amir and Hassan is a story I'll not soon forget. The book is very well written and the pronuciation by the author made the book feel even more alive. It was an emotional rollacoaster I loved and as the book ended I cried. All I can keep saying is "For You a Thousand Times Over".
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- Bocaboy
- 2005-04-10
A compelling story
This was one of the top ten audio books I've listened to. A compelling story, read by the author, that is not predictable and will have you listening to every word. It gave me an extraordinary sense of what Kabul was like before the Soviet invasion and after the Taliban took over. An absolute must-hear recording.
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- Diana - Audible
- 2012-04-16
Standout Author Narration
We've learned the hard way that authors don't always make great narrators, but Khaled Hosseini is remarkably gifted in both roles. I have listened to the The Kite Runner again and again to be transported to Hosseini's Afghanistan and can appreciate it all the more because of his authentic pronunciations.
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- Rajesh
- 2005-01-08
For you my friend, a thousand times over
This book is written and read in the precise way it should have been. No blemishes. It is superb.
The book is not a lesson in Afghan history or Islam. If one is searching for a history lesson embedded in a good plot this is not the book. This is a story, a novel. A classic, gripping, engrossing story full of powerful characters. It will touch your soul and do not be surprised if you quietly wipe a tear or two during the listen as I did. Also, do not be surprised if you chuckle aloud while listening. The story is about a privileged weakling in Kabul and how he grows up with a moral burden, migrates to US and finally returns and to redeem himself. A folk hero like father, his servants son as a friend, a local bully and an immigrant Afghani General the characters are interesting and events around them thought provoking. All scenes in the book including the kite battles are well written. I could visualize everything and see it like a movie.
This was a good listen even through it did not fall under the genera of books I usually listen to. It was also a surprise as after a long time a non-thriller was so compelling and absorbing.
Go ahead. This book is for all taste buds. My favorite phrase form the book: For you my friend, a thousand times over.
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- Paul
- 2005-09-30
Unbelievably touching
I've listened to over 60 books in the past year and this is my favorite so far, by far!
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- Matthew
- 2005-02-21
Dramatic window into another life.
This book is worth a listen for the window it opens upon a life not lived by the majority of Americans going about our lives with our ipods and books-on-tape: a hard life, a basic one, yet filled with humanity and wisdom. The writing is good, and having the author read the tape-version helps keep the pronunciations accurate and the sentiment honest. The plotting has both predictable turns, and surprising ones where the author refuses to take the easy way out. This, more than anything, kept me reading because I was always certain there would be an element of the story I could not foresee. The last two hours of the book feel a little like a denoument that takes too long to resolve itself but upon further reflection I don't think there is any other way to tell the tale while being true to the characters. Amir's relationship with Hassan is heartbreaking and satisfying, alternately confusing and then brought into crystal clear focus by a plot turn. The brutality of the situation is Afghanistan is painted bluntly but not without artistry. Listen to this book if you like stories about foreign places and customs and tales of sons and their fathers. Overall, after listening to this book you will feel as if you have a friend from that part of the world. The author succeeds in putting the listener into the shoes of his characters. Finally, don't be surprised if you find yourself practicing the language of the characters while you're listening. There is something inherently fascinating about listening to the words spoken again and again.
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- Lisa
- 2005-10-06
The author is the reader, but it turns out great!
Normally when my book club buddy and I see, read my the author we shy away. This was very well done. The author has very good diction and it's great to hear the proper pronunciation of the Afgan words. I felt that he was speaking from the heart. The book has justifiably gotten some outstanding press. I highly recommend this book, especially in the audible version.
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