The world is bad for kids, or
the kids are bad for the world? This book is about the relationship between two
boys they they parents have the pressure of the war that is between the Afghans
and the soviets around the 1975.
In the
70's in Afghanistan, the Pushtun boy Amir and the Hazara boy Hassan, who is his
loyal friend and son of their Hazara servant Ali, are raised together in Amir's
father house, playing and kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir
feels that his wise and good father Baba blames him for the death of his mother
in the delivery, and also that his father loves and prefers Hassan to him. In
return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend Rahim Khan, who
supports his intention to become a writer. After Amir winning a competition of
kitting, Hassan runs to bring a kite to Amir, but he is beaten and raped by the
brutal Assef in an empty street to protect Amir's kite; the coward Amir witness
the assault but does not help the loyal Hassan. On the day after his birthday party,
Amir hides his new watch in Hassam's bed to frame the boy as a thief and force
his father to fire Ali, releasing his conscience from recalling his cowardice
and betrayal. In 1979, the Russians invade Afghanistan and Baba and Amir escape
to Pakistan. In 1988, they have a simple life in Fremont, California, when Amir
graduates in a public college for the pride and joy of Baba. Later Amir meets
his countrywoman Soraya and they get married. In 2000, after the death of Baba,
Amir is a famous novelist and receives a phone call from the terminal Rahim
Khan, who discloses secrets about his family, forcing Amir to return to
Peshawar, in Pakistan, in a journey of redemption.
The principal characters are two kids, Amir and Hassan. Amir is a pashtun that in the book go out of Afghanistan because of the war. Hassan is a Hazara, that in the book, is the kid that stay in Afghanistan and ave some problems with some characters of the book.
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario