Real Kite Runners of Kabul
I can’t embed it here, but if you’ve read The Kite Runner and would like to see a video of the real kite fliers and runners of Kabul, click here and choose ‘The Kite Runners of Kabul’ from the selection of videos. (You’ll have to watch this from home – it’s blocked at school). My father was amongst those Indian boys mentioned who mixed glue with crushed glass to apply to their kite strings and then fought viscious kite wars whilst ripping their fingers to shreds…all in the name of fun!
Mrs Sweeney
March 13th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
I thought the film of The Kite Runner was just brilliant, fantastic scenery – and I’m six chapters into the book and loving it – as all my friends who read it said I would.
It’s a really authentic voice doing the narration, and the observations of people’s feelings are really spot on!
March 15th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
I have also read Kite Runner and felt that it is one of the best books I have read in a long time. It opened the reader’s eyes to the harsh realities of the world, and the wide palette of emotions one deals with after great trauma. I would recommend this book to any mature reader, as it does deal with some fairly complex aspects of life. I read the book last year and as the cover comment says, ‘everything I read after seemed bland’ – or something to that effect.
March 17th, 2008 at 9:28 am
Isn’t that one of the incredible things about reading – it really does open your eyes and put things in perspective? I agree, this book is suitable for mature readers – one scene in particular I found quite disturbing. If you like reading about other cultures and can cope with some pretty grim realities you may enjoy Dave Egger’s ‘What is the What?’ It’s about the Nigerian civil war, told through the eyes of a young boy. An amazing read.
You’ve earned yourself a prize ‘reader’. Come and see me!