The Kite Runner

Writer :  Khaled Hosseini
Genre : Drama
Language : English

"And that's the thing about people who mean everything they say. They think everyone else does too."

I saw the above quote in news feed - from a page dedicated to books (I don't remember which) - and instantly felt connected.I am not a big fan of fiction novels. Doesn't mean I had never read one.I have read books by Paulo. But usually I read fantasy,myths or thrillers.Now I felt I MUST give this book a try because I thought this writer - the one with a long name - is some one good - all because of that single quote.That's the thing about quotes - they tell a lot through very little words

It started slow and then it began to spread it's magic - I was sitting in the chair inside my room one minute and in next I was running with Amir and Hassan,through the soil of Kabul,chasing a beautiful kite.I saw them in my mind's eye -Amir,Hassan,Baba,Rahim Khan- every character formed as abstract images - every situation imagined - and every emotion transferred into myself.

Are you familiar with the feeling when there is something heavy inside your mind - something powerful -something that will make your 'I am so happy' mask transparent ?

Something that gives you a cry that will come up to your throat and stay there?
That something which spreads a sadness.....

A sadness that was always there - hidden inside me -sleeping.I always pretended it is not there -covering it with stupid jokes and fake smiles and sarcasam. I never wanted it to wake up.But this book - The Kite Runner - this was like an alarm and it woke up..

I read and as I stared for the next words,I felt the tears in my eyes.I realized the screen is blurring and I need to hide the tears (because I was not in my home but at my workplace and I usually spend my free time drawing or reading )
This is first book that made me cry like a child.

The story is soul breaking - it is going to mix up your emotions and create a storm and by the time you finish you will be a different person.
I finished today and I can feel it...

Even if there is history of Afghanistan and it's people,end of the day,for me, it will be a book about human emotions - friendship,brotherhood,betrayal,love,guilt,hope,forgiveness - and characters with whom I connected - perhaps more than real people around me.

Khaled Hosseini - another magician found .... There are many more works by him...waiting for me...and there is a happiness in that thought itself.... (And I need to get an original copy)

That is how I am ...... always falling in love with things that will break me - sometimes books...
sometimes people....