https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781 en-us 2018-10-10 19:06:41 UTC 2025-05-26 16:49:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/File.png kiannambeck https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291450296 Amir is the son of a wealthy Kabul merchant, a member of the ruling caste of Pashtuns. Hassan, his servant and constant companion, is a Hazara, a despised and impoverished caste. Their uncommon bond is torn by Amir's choice to abandon his friend amidst the increasing ethinic, religious, and political tensions of the dying years of the Afghan monarchy, and apperently dissolved when Amir and his Father flee to gentle father to a terrible fate. But years later, an old family friend calls Amir from Pakistan and reminds him: "There is a way to be good again" And Amir journeys back to distant world, to try to right the past wrongs against the only true friend he ever had. ]]> 2018-10-10 19:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291450296 kiannambeck https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291455193 The setting of the story is in Afghanistan in the 1970's. Afghan at this time was in the midst of great tension. They were Being invaded by the Soviet Union. There was lots of problems ontop of that including religious problems]]> 2018-10-10 19:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291455193 kiannambeck https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291460915 He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is the son of diplomat For the ministry of foregin affairs while his mother work as a persian language teacher. He lives in Northern California. He is a phyisican. He graduated from Independance High School and enrolled at Santa Clara University, where he earned a bachelors degree in biology. The following year he enrolled in the University of California San Deigo School of Medicine. ]]> 2018-10-10 19:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291460915 kiannambeck https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291908947 2018-10-11 18:42:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/291908947 kiannambeck https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/292302808 -Betrayal and redemption 
-Father And Son 
-Return of the Past 
-Political vs. Personal 

]]> 2018-10-12 18:10:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/292302808 kiannambeck https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/292304833 'The message behind the very ending could be interpreted differently by different readers, but personally I feel that it offers a small sense of hope for both the future of its characters, and perhaps for war-torn Afghanistan as well'
-The Guardian 

THIS powerful first novel, by an Afghan phyisician now living in California, tells a story fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Both transform the life of Amir, Khaled Hosseni's privileged young narrator, who comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy, just before his countries revolution and its invasion by Russian forces. ]]> 2018-10-12 18:14:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kiannambeck/9hg4ydgu3781/wish/292304833