The Kite Runner is the first novel written by Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan writer. It revolves around the story of kite and two Afghan teenagers, a rich teenager and his servant about kite, betrayal and redemption of human nature.
The protagonist Amir is a character with a complex image. The novel tells the story of Amir from the perspective of the first person. Amir was born in 1963 to a wealthy family in a wealthy community in Kabul.
His father, Dad, was a Pashtun, son of a judge and a successful carpet merchant. Hassan, the son of Ali, the servant of the Amir family, was born in Hazara.Amir and Hassan are playmates, Hassan is a very loyal, honest,
dedicated to the consideration of Master Amir, two people often play and play together. Amir is an excellent "kite fighter" who is good at cutting off other people's kites with his own kite;
Hassan is also an outstanding "kite chaser", because the tradition of Afghanistan is that the kite that falls when the line is cut is returned to its owner.
Kite Runner ranked second in Amazon's literature bestseller list at the end of March, surpassing the Da Vinci Code and becoming the top seller of Best Books, Taiwan Chengpin Bookstore, Jinshitang Bookstore and Blogger Bookstore in 2005.
The first book of the year of 2006 of the French Reading Association, the best novel award of the year for readers of ELLE magazine in France, and the book selection of the American Library Association.
In 2007, he directed Mark Foster to make a film of the same name, which was nominated for Best Score in the 80th Academy Awards.
中文釋義：
《追風箏的人》是美籍阿富汗作家卡勒德·胡賽尼（Khaled Hosseini）的第壹部長篇小說，全書圍繞風箏與阿富汗的兩個少年之間展開，壹個富家少年與家中仆人關於風箏的故事，關於人性的背叛與救贖。
主人公阿米爾是壹個有著復雜形象的人物，小說以第壹人稱的角度講述了阿米爾的故事。阿米爾生於1963年喀布爾的壹個富人社區中的壹個富裕家庭。其父親“爸爸”是普什圖人，壹名法官的兒子，成功的地毯商人。阿米爾家的仆人阿裏的兒子哈桑則出身哈紮拉人。
阿米爾和哈桑是好玩伴，哈桑是壹個特別忠實，正直，壹心只為阿米爾少爺著想的人，兩個人經常壹起玩耍、遊戲。阿米爾是出色的“風箏鬥士”，即善於用自己的風箏切斷別人的風箏的線；
哈桑也是傑出的“風箏追逐者”，因為阿富汗斯坦的傳統是線被切斷而落下的風箏歸追到它的人所有。
《追風箏的人》在美國亞馬遜3月底文學暢銷書排行榜上排名第二，超過《達·芬奇密碼》，並成為英國《觀察家報》2005年度最佳圖書、臺灣誠品書店、金石堂、博客來書店銷售冠軍。
法國讀書會2006年度首選書，法國《ELLE》雜誌讀者票選年度最佳小說獎，美國圖書館協會選書。2007年被導演馬克·福斯特?拍成同名電影，影片獲獲得80屆奧斯卡最佳配樂提名。
擴展資料：
《追風箏的人》創作背景：
卡勒德·胡賽尼和他的兄弟在喀布爾度過的日子就像阿米爾和哈桑的生活那樣，夏天的大部分時間都在上學。冬天就去放風箏，在電影院看約翰·韋恩的電影。書中跟他的經歷最相似的情節是在美國的日子，阿米爾和他的父親努力創造新的生活。
他和阿米爾壹樣，是壹個來自於阿富汗斯坦的移民。他家在瓦茲爾·阿克巴·汗區的房子很大，在那裏能舉行盛大的派對；他們還去帕格曼野餐。他對童年生活的記憶非常美好。
《追風箏的人》清新自然，以寫實的筆法，訴說著溫情與殘酷，美麗與苦難，它不僅僅展示了壹個人的心靈成長史，也展示了壹個民族的靈魂史，壹個國家的苦難史。
這部小說流暢自然，就像壹條清澈的河流，卻奔騰著人性的激情，蘊含著阿富汗斯坦這個古老國家豐富的靈魂，激蕩著善與惡的潛流撞擊。
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