Manderino Library Book Club--November Selection

'This powerful first novel, by an Afghan physician now living in California, tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Both transform the life of Amir, Khaled Hosseini's privileged young narrator, who comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy, just before his country's revolution and its invasion by Russian forces. But political events, even as dramatic as the ones that are presented in The Kite Runner, are only a part of this story. A more personal plot, arising from Amir's close friendship with Hassan, the son of his father's servant, turns out to be the thread that ties the book together. The fragility of this relationship, symbolized by the kites the boys fly together, is tested as they watch their old way of life disappear." Edward Hower, "The Servant," New York Times Book Review, August 3, 2003, p. 4.

The next meeting of the Manderino Library Book Club will be on Wednesday evening, November 29, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. We will be meeting in library classroom #208. At this meeting, Dr. Aref Al-Khattar, a Cal U professor, will lead our discussion on Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner.

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Marsha L. Nolf
Public Services Coordinator/Associate Professor
Louis L. Manderino Library
California University of Pennsylvania
250 University Avenue
California, PA 15419
724.938.4048
nolf@cup.edu