CCR - Kite Runner Meeting

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Time: December 7, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm
Location: Cam's Place
Street: Noble & Crystal
City/Town: Chicago
Website or Map: http://maps.google.com/?ll=41…
Phone: 6309173379
Event Type: book, social, bike, winter, fun
Organized By: Liz
Latest Activity: Dec 5, 2011

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The CCR book for this month is "Kite Runner"

http://www.amazon.com/Kite-Runner-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/1594480001

The timely and critically acclaimed debut novel that's becoming a word-of-mouth phenomenon. 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.

The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family, love, and friendship against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, bringing to mind the large canvases of the Russian writers of the nineteenth century. But just as it is old-fashioned in its narration, it is contemporary in its subject-the devastating history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years. As emotionally gripping as it is tender, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful debut.

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Comment by Liz on November 30, 2011 at 6:13am: I was really surprised at how much I liked this novel.

And how quick it reads.

Comment by Kevin C Dormant on November 30, 2011 at 6:07am: Great book! Finished it this morning.

Comment by Kelly on November 17, 2011 at 2:17pm: Good I loved that book. Wish I could be there to discuss:-(

Comment by Kevin C Dormant on November 14, 2011 at 8:25am: Amazon should have my copy here on Wednesday.

Comment by Liz on November 14, 2011 at 5:49am: I finished on saturday, really good read, I enjoyed it and am excited to discuss it with people :)

Comment by Liz on November 11, 2011 at 8:19am: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/02/afghanistan-hazara/phil-z...

I found a really good article on the Hazara population in Afghanistan (the oppression of this race is a large part of the plot line). I hadn't really heard much about this until reading this book.

Comment by Liz on November 10, 2011 at 9:39am: I started reading yesterday since I was taking transit in, on my commute I'm already 140 pages in, so its been a quick read.

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