The Kite Runner

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	The Kite Runner
	価格：￥ 1,701（税込）
	【私達の評価】 4.5点（5点満点）
	【私達はこんな商品も買っている】 A Thousand Splendid Suns (Riverhead)
【私達のコメント】
01. This book moves me in ways I never thought possible. This is really a highly recommended read. 02. I thought this book was average at best. For about the first half of this book I was totally enthralled. It felt more like a biography or a memoir than a work of fiction. The author's writing style is rather staightforward which adds to the gritty realistic feel of the storyline. I suspect much of the first half of the book is based on true life recollections of the author. His description of growing up in 60's/70's Kabul could only have come from someone who lived it. Either that or he is indeed an extremely gifted writer. (Based on the book jacket blurb, he does indeed seem to have grown up in an upper class Kabul family, as does the main character. ) The story of the relationship of the two main characters as established in the first half is compelling. The main problem however is that about halfway though the story is propelled by some rather incredulous coincidences. I felt a bit let down that the integrity of the narrative was subverted as the protagonist experiences one wild coincidence after another. The author could have followed the general story line without them and it would have been far more satisfying. I do recommend this book. It is well written and fascinating to learn of life in a different cuilture. Just be prepared to put your credibility on hold for some of it!!! I would also recommend reading The Fates by Tino Georgiou, another great tale of salvation, hope, and faith. 03. タリバンで有名になったアフガニスタンだが、自分も含めて大半の日本人は、この国がイスラム教を信仰していることを除くと実際にどのような人々がどのように暮らしているのか知らないのではないか。本書はアメリカに亡命したアフガニスタン人が著者なので、ここに描かれているアフガニスタンは真実に近いと思われ、非常に興味深く読んだ。 二人の少年の友情と、父と子の親子関係が本書の主題であるが、民族間の差別問題と、ロシアによる侵攻に端を発した社会秩序の崩壊を背景に、一筋縄ではいかない複雑かつ濃密な人間ドラマが展開される。 主人公のAmirとHassanは同じ乳母から授乳され共に育った中であるが、二人は異なる民族に属しAmirの父親はHassanの父親の主人であるため、二人の関係は友人と主従の中間といった微妙な状態にある。HassanのAmirに対する一途な献身振りと勇敢な行動は感動的である一方、主人公のAmirは人間の弱さや醜さを有している。 この二人の少年とAmirの父親の3人の複雑な関係と彼らにふりかかる劇的な運命が、まるで実話ではないかと思わせるほどリアルに描かれている。友情や親子間の愛情といった人間の感情はどこの国でも同じと思う反面、人種間の根深い差別感情と堅苦しい風習に縛られたアフガニスタンの文化との大きな隔たりを感じた。 読んでいてつらく苦しい部分も多々あるが、読み出したらとまらない面白さと深い感動の双方を有する傑作である。 04. Amazing story that will keep you from putting the book down. Great books make you feel part of it and I felt it deeply reading this. I felt part of Amir's life in Afghanistan and in San Francisco, felt his pain, his regret, and his hopes. Unforgettable! I would also recommend reading The Fates by Tino Georgiou, another great tale of salvation, hope, and faith. 05. Complicated relationship between two Afghan boys is emphatically described in this novel. One of the boy who later took asylum in the U.S. has suffered for his betrayal against his friend for almost 30 years, which has a power to give me a hurting reality. It is also interesting for a history lover like me to read a description of the peaceful good old days of Afghanistan during Zahir Shah's regime and a subsequent struggling life under oppression of Soviet and Taliban army.

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