Karim ushered us quickly from the truck into a one-story house at the intersection of two dirt roads lined with flat one-story homes, acacia trees, and closed shops. I pulled the collar of my coat against the chill as we hurried into the house, dragging our belongings. For some reason,...
I’d get up early some Saturday mornings and drive south on Highway 17, push the Ford up the winding road through the mountains to Santa Cruz. I would park by the old lighthouse and wait for sunrise, sit in my car and watch the fog rolling in from the sea. In Afghanistan, I had...
The Kite Runner by:字节空间 2972 The kite runner by:Max的音频 34 Snow Hands-AURA KITE by:流行风ING 897 Big Monster Kite-BMK by:流行风ING 371 Up Next-Nfa Kite by:嘻哈有态度 11.6万 The Kite Runner - Khaled H by:吃掉太阳就不怕冷了 ...
Agha sahib. You probably lived in a big two- or three-story house with a nice back yard that your gardener filled with flowers and fruit trees. All gated, of course. Your father drove an American car. You
The Taheris lived in a flat, one-story house in one of the residential5 areas in Fremont known for housing a large number of Afghans. It had bay windows, a pitched roof, and an enclosed front porch on which I saw potted geraniums. The general’s gray van was parked in the driveway...
Kaka Homayoun’s white, two-story house in Jalalabad had a balcony overlooking a large, walled garden with apple andpersimmontrees. There were hedges that, in the summer, the gardener shaped like animals, and a swimming pool with emerald-colored tiles. I sat on the edge of the pool, empty...
We rolled into Jalalabad about an hour before sunrise. Karim ushered us quickly from the truck into a one-story house at the intersection of two dirt roads lined with flat one-story homes,acaciatrees, and closed shops. I pulled the collar of my coat against the chill as we hurried into...
The kite in the story stands for many things, like facing fear, making up for mistakes, and trying hard. At the same time, it gives us the power to face our past and do what we should do, and to understand the importance of life. 1. What do we know about Amir and Hassan in Par...
The Kite Runner 2007 47 votes Based on the bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini, this poignant drama follows the journey of an Afghan man as he confronts a dark secret from his past during the tumultuous final days of the 1970s and through the 1980s. The film provides a dee...
I sat against one of the house’s clay walls. The kinship I felt suddenly for the old land... it surprised me. I’d been gone long enough to forget and be forgotten. I had a home in a land that might as well be in another galaxy to the people sleeping on the other side of th...