Name: De vliegeraar
ISBN: 9789023426967

Khaled Hosseini

Miebeth van Horn

Een Afghaanse vluchteling in de Verenigde Staten wordt geconfronteerd met het verleden toen hij als kind een hechte band had met de zoon van zijn huisbediende, totdat een gruwelijk voorval hen voorgoed uit elkaar dreef.

De vliegeraar

sin h.

Amalie Elisabeth

Maryam

Aleena Khan

Sarah Campbell

fabiha

Elena Menendez

Pour toi, un millier de fois, m'entendis-je déclarer.

"Children aren't coloring books. You don't get to fill them with your favorite colors."

Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise, none of us had any notion that a way of life had ended. 

 way of life. If not quite yet, then at least it was the beginning of the end.

Baba and I lived in the same house, but in different spheres of existence. Kites were the one paper-thin slice of intersection between those spheres. 

Maybe Baba would even read one of my stories. I'd write him a hundred if I thought he'd read one.

The streets glistened with fresh snow and the sky was a blameless blue. 

 it, even more than in times of peace.”

jakuzi

arkamızda hareketlenen, itişip kakışan çocuklar; ağaçların üstünde yalpalayan, başıboş uçurtmanın peşine çığlık çığlığa düşen bir grup uçurtma avcısı. gözlerimi kırpıştırdım, tebessüm silindi. ama oradaydı. onu görmüştüm. "uçurtmayı senin için yakalamamı ister misin?"* diye sordum. yutkunurken, âdem elması inip çıktı. rüzgâr saçlarını karıştırdı. başını evet anlamında salladığını gördüm. 

"senin için bin tane olsa yakalarım."* dediğimi duydum. 

sonra döndüm, koşmaya başladım. yalnızca bir gülümsemeydi, hepsi bu. her şeyi düzeltmiş değildi. hiçbir şeyi düzeltmemişti.* belli belirsiz bir tebessüm. minicik bir şey. ormandaki bir yaprak; ansızın havalanan bir kuşun kıpırdattığı bir yaprak. ama kollarımı ardına kadar açıp onu kucaklayacağım. bağrıma basacağım. çünkü bahar gelince, karların tek tek, tane tane eridiğini biliyorum; belki de ilk kar tanesinin eriyişine tanık oldum. koştum. peşinde avaz çığlık bir çocuk sürüsü, deliler gibi koşan, yetişkin bir erkek. ama umurumda bile değil. yüzümü kamçılayan rüzgâra karşı, dudaklarımda pençer vadisi kadar geniş bir tebessüm, koştum, koştum.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER 'Devastating' Daily Telegraph 'Heartbreaking' The Times 'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende 'Haunting' Independent Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is 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 Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

The Kite Runner

This might be my favorite book of the year… the plot itself and its historical elements are written so beautifully. It’s truly devastating and heartbreaking :-')

خير

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Natalija

I became what I am today at the age of twelve. I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a mud wall on a frigid winter day in 1975 . . . looking into a deserted alley. It's wrong what they say about the past, about how you can bury it, because the past claws its way out. I realize I've been looking into that alley for the last 26 years. Afghanistan is a divided country on the verge of war and two childhood friends are about to be torn apart. It's a beautiful afternoon in Kabul and the skies are full of the excitement and joy of a kite flying tournament. But neither Hassan or Amir can foresee the terrible incident which will shatter their lives forever. Khaled Hosseini's first and international best-selling novel has now been adapted into a stunning stage adaptation by Matthew Spangler. This edition was published for the production at Wyndham's Theatre, London, from 21 December 2016.

the parrarels killed me so delicate and beautiful

Haley

One of the best written books of modern times without a doubt. It’s heart-wrenching and evocative. Every character is complex and realistic which makes every sentence of the book as gripping as the last. Took me 10 years to reread the book and it was just as devastating as the first time. After finishing the book, you will sit in silence with a heaviness in your heart as you peel back the layers of the story.

what it means to be a brother—khaled hosseini, as always, writes with a careful craftsmanship, weaving a story of brothers and fathers, of unbreakable faith, of crushing guilt and the cruelty of violence and survival. 

love love love this book so much, from the vivid imagery to the beautiful story! it gives good insight on afghanistan culture and politics, and of the life of immigrants weary from war. poignant and moving. khaled hosseini will always be one of my favorite writers! 

jade shen

what it means to be a brother—khaled hosseini, as always, writes with a careful craftsmanship, weaving a story of brothers and fathers, of unbreakable faith, of crushing guilt and the cruelty of violence and survival. 

love love love this book so much, from the vivid imagery to the beautiful story! it gives good insight on afghanistan culture and politics, and of the life of immigrants weary from war. poignant and moving. khaled hosseini will always be one of my favorite writers! 

Drachenläufer

Great read while getting to know the old Afghanistan. 

Julian

Emily Lucie

Finia

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is 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 Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

shen

My favourite book of all time.. while im not a very emotional person myself, i cried reading this. What a book.

“For you a thousand times over” - sobs.

Painful and beautiful - tragic and devastating while also being inspiring and hopeful(?). Would like to read it again in my own time as the first time was for my A Levels English Lang&Lit course which makes me feel like I couldn’t enjoy it as much as I would’ve liked to. 

“For you a thousand times over” - sobs.

Painful and beautiful - tragic and devastating while also being inspiring and hopeful(?). Would like to read it again in my own time as the first time was for my A Levels English Lang&Lit course which makes me feel like I couldn’t enjoy it as much as I would’ve liked to. 

This book was devastating. It exposes the very worst things about the human condition, but still manages to give you hope that people can be good. “For you, a thousand times over” 😭

Kaitlyn Wendler

devastating. loved this book though, a thousand times over.

˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶

I am left speechless. While I did see a thing or two coming - what I did not predict was the pain this would give me at certain points. Some places, you feel scared to go to the next page, terrified of the next paragraph, petrified of the next line. You come out a little hoepful, a little spent, but overall a little calmer than when you began.

diya

this is a good book for teenagers to read in class. it is ridiculously heavyhanded and self analyzing

yasi

This book was heartbreaking the entire way through, but the ending just tied everything together so well and the writing was incredibly poetic and moving I really couldn't rate this any lower no matter how sad it made me

Emma Lechner

An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

Maureen

"For you, a thousand times over."

***

I had high expectations for this book. It didn't disappoint. Not one bit. Its Goodreads rating is well deserved, if not more. Really glad to have read this book in my lifetime. This may be the best, non YA book I've ever read (!!)

pamela enojas

Sajiya Chaudhary

It's written so beautifully, and I couldn't put it down, once I started to read. Also, it's as if Amir and Hassan are a part of life

anjali

Heart-breaking and very, very beautiful. It left me awed, wondering how writing could achieve and create something as amazing as this. Two days is all it took for me to finish this book, despite my best efforts to read as slowly as possible. Very highly recommended. One of the books that just make you feel immensely.

Megan Parrott

This is one of the first books I remember LOVING. Need to read again.

armoni mayes

I found this book particularly hard to read, but I am glad I finished it. I feel like I have learned so much about Afghan culture and traditions (although this book is not a history lesson of course). I am glad I read this novel!

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