Wednesday

05.08.2009


khaled hosseini is an author of two famous books, the kite runner and a thousand splendid suns.

i'm not sure if he has already published any new book, but i knew only of these two, and i have both of them. hehe.

both of his book were narrated with the setting back in the time when taliban started to rule over afghanistan, where a happy, peaceful country turn into a country full of war. between these two books, i like the kite runner better than the a thousand splendid suns.

the kite runner tells about friendship between two boys while a thousand splendid sun is more of the lives of women in afghanistan.

some people rated it as the book of the year, and some even say that you'll be wasting your time reading it. somehow, i'd say, it depends on you, yourself on how you want to judge it. the storyline might be ridiculous, but the lesson behind it, is meaningful.

an excerpt from the kite runner which i like..

When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness..


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