Dear il libro friends,
Ready for the new stack of books to read and discuss together?
Just in case you need it
Books that touch our soul, books that open our eyes to the world, books that allow to embrace challenges, books that comfort our hearts when times are a bit rough, books just books: for the joy of reading!
Before leafing through « The Reading List » by Sara Nisha Adams we will go through all the books the author mentions in her novel.
Can I entice you into Harrow Road Library in Wembley, London?
The Reading List – Just in Case You Need it
- The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel
- (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
- The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
« I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. »
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runnerby Khaled Hossieni
21st May 2025 at 7 pm
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The Kite Runner is the story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir’s father’s servant, is a Hazara – a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.
The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons – their love, their sacrifices, and their lies.
The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope for redemption.
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