Written by Khaled Hosseini.
It is strange, often I read a book, and then the next book I read is a very similar theme.
My last book was Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, which was about the forming of a friendship and the the betrayal of the friendhip. This was set in China in the 1820s.
The Kite Runner is set in Afganistan in the 1970s, this time it is a friendship between a high ranking father and son, and a father and son of low caste. The two boys are inseperable, the rich boy wants to get his fathers approval and thinks that if he wins the Kite Tournement his father will love him. The story follows the friendship of the two boys and the eventual betrayal.
Because of the War, they richer family leave and go to America. Time passes, the father dies and the son decides to go back to Afgahnistan to try and find his friend.
A very interesting story, giving food for thought.
16/06/09 @ 11:16