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 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.
中文释义:
《追风筝的人》是美籍阿富汗作家卡勒德·胡赛尼(Khaled Hosseini)的第一部长篇小说,全书围绕风筝与阿富汗的两个少年之间展开,一个富家少年与家中仆人关于风筝的故事,关于人性的背叛与救赎。
主人公阿米尔是一个有着复杂形象的人物,小说以第一人称的角度讲述了阿米尔的故事。阿米尔生于1963年喀布尔的一个富人社区中的一个富裕家庭。其父亲“爸爸”是普什图人,一名法官的儿子,成功的地毯商人。阿米尔家的仆人阿里的儿子哈桑则出身哈扎拉人。
阿米尔和哈桑是好玩伴,哈桑是一个特别忠实,正直,一心只为阿米尔少爷着想的人,两个人经常一起玩耍、游戏。阿米尔是出色的“风筝斗士”,即善于用自己的风筝切断别人的风筝的线;
哈桑也是杰出的“风筝追逐者”,因为阿富汗斯坦的传统是线被切断而落下的风筝归追到它的人所有。
《追风筝的人》在美国亚马逊3月底文学畅销书排行榜上排名第二,超过《达·芬奇密码》,并成为英国《观察家报》2005年度最佳图书、台湾诚品书店、金石堂、博客来书店销售冠军。
法国读书会2006年度首选书,法国《ELLE》杂志读者票选年度最佳小说奖,美国图书馆协会选书。2007年被导演马克·福斯特 拍成同名电影,影片获获得80届奥斯卡最佳配乐提名。
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《追风筝的人》创作背景:
卡勒德·胡赛尼和他的兄弟在喀布尔度过的日子就像阿米尔和哈桑的生活那样,夏天的大部分时间都在上学。冬天就去放风筝,在电影院看约翰·韦恩的电影。书中跟他的经历最相似的情节是在美国的日子,阿米尔和他的父亲努力创造新的生活。
他和阿米尔一样,是一个来自于阿富汗斯坦的移民。他家在瓦兹尔·阿克巴·汗区的房子很大,在那里能举行盛大的派对;他们还去帕格曼野餐。他对童年生活的记忆非常美好。
《追风筝的人》清新自然,以写实的笔法,诉说着温情与残酷,美丽与苦难,它不仅仅展示了一个人的心灵成长史,也展示了一个民族的灵魂史,一个国家的苦难史。
这部小说流畅自然,就像一条清澈的河流,却奔腾着人性的激情,蕴含着阿富汗斯坦这个古老国家丰富的灵魂,激荡着善与恶的潜流撞击。
参考资料来源:百度百科-追风筝的人