26th book - "Drachenläufer" ( The Kite Runner) - Khaled Hosseini - 9 points

A very sad story about the friendship of 2 boys in the Afghanistan of the 1970's. Rich vs. poor. The rich one Amir is jealous for the poor Hassan the son of their servant who lives in a small house next door. Amir's father likes Hassan which develops an unconscious hate in Amir.
Years later when Amir is "called back" to Pakistan and Afghanistan from America where he emigrated with his father as an adult he discovers a blood relation to Hassan, but something brutal happened to him. As Amir is responsible for the leaving of Hassan and his father from their house in Kabul way back in the late 70's, his feeling of guilt never vanished in his life and so he starts a dangerous tour from Pakistan to Kabul where the Taliban rule. A dramatic and brutal journey continues.
This books opens up our eyes for the Afghanian culture and their different rulers from the 1970's through the 2000's.
Khaled Hosseini was born 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He lives in California, USA.
I read the German version of "The Kite Runner", "Drachenläufer" 45. Auflage, November 2009 from the BvT, Berliner Tachenbuch Verlags GmbH, Berlin. First published in English language as "The Kite Runner" in 2003. ISBN 978-3-8333-0149-0. As of 2009 more than 9 million copies of this book were sold worldwide.