《The Kite Runner》是2013年Penguin Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Khaled Hosseini（卡勒德·胡賽尼）。
基本介紹
- 中文名：The Kite Runner
- 作者：Khaled Hosseini（卡勒德·胡賽尼）
- 出版社：Penguin Random House US
- 出版時間：2013年3月1日
- 裝幀：平裝
- ISBN：9781594632204
內容簡介,作者簡介,
內容簡介
Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his
father’s heart.
But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
12歲的阿富汗富家少爺阿米爾與僕人哈桑情同手足。然而，在一場風箏比賽後，發生了一件悲慘不堪的事，阿米爾為自己的懦弱感到自責和痛苦，逼走了哈桑，不久，自己也跟隨父親逃往美國。
成年後的阿米爾始終無法原諒自己當年對哈桑的背叛。為了贖罪，阿米爾再度踏上暌違二十多年的故鄉，希望能為不幸的好友盡最後一點心力，卻發現一個驚天謊言，兒時的噩夢再度重演，阿米爾該如何抉擇？
小說如此殘忍而又美麗，作者以溫暖細膩的筆法勾勒人性的本質與救贖，讀來令人盪氣迴腸。
作者簡介
Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in thirty-four countries. In 2006 he was named a US goodwill envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.
卡勒德·胡塞尼（Khaled Hosseini），1965年生於喀布爾，後隨父親逃往美國。胡賽尼畢業於加州大學聖地亞哥醫學系，現居加州執業。《追風箏的人》是他的首本小說，因書中角色刻畫生動，故事情節震撼感人，出版後大獲好評，獲得各項新人獎，並躍居全美各大暢銷排行榜，目前正由夢工廠改拍成電影。
