The Kite Runner
Hosseini brought the Afghan experience to a global audience and wrote one of the most emotionally powerful novels of the 21st century.
“For you, a thousand times over.”
Why It Matters
Hosseini brought the Afghan experience to a global audience and wrote one of the most emotionally powerful novels of the 21st century. The story of Amir and Hassan made millions of readers care about a country most only knew from news headlines. It proved that fiction is still the best way to make distant suffering feel personal and immediate.
The 
Take
Personal reviewSeemed pretty fake, didn’t learn that much about Afghanistan. The bad stuff that happened seemed overly contrived
Notable Quotes
“There is a way to be good again.”
“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.”