《追风筝的人》是美籍阿富汗作家卡勒德·胡赛尼（Khaled Hosseini）的第一部长篇小说。在恢弘的历史和国家背景下，一座庄园里的两个孩童之间展开了一段扣人心弦、跌宕起伏的故事。故事以阿富汗富家少爷阿米尔的笔触为第一人称展开，讲述了他与玩伴哈桑的友谊、与父亲的爱恨，讲述了独特的阿富汗人文和信仰，讲述了战争下的苦难和颠沛移民，讲述了正直与自私、背叛与救赎，讲述了善行恶行、轮回及宽恕，讲述了人性的真实与伟大。
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I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975. I remember the precise moment, crouching behind a crumbling mud wall, peeking into the alley near the frozen creek.我成为今天的我，是在1975年某个阴云密布的寒冷冬日，那年我12岁。我清楚地记得当时我趴在一堵坍塌的泥墙后面，窥视着那条小巷，旁边是结冰的小溪。That was a long time ago, but it' s wrong what they say about the past, I've learned, about how you can bury it. Because the past claws its way out. Looking back now, I realize I have been peeking into that deserted alley for the last twenty-six years.
许多年过去了，人们说陈年旧事可以被埋葬，然而我终于明白这是错的，因为往事会自行爬上来。回首往事，我意识到在过去的这26年里，自己始终在窥视着那荒芜的小径。"For you, a thousand times over."
you steal a life," Baba said."You steal his wife's right to a husband,rob his children of a father.you steal someone's right to the truth.you steal the right to fairness."
But despite his illiteracy,Hassan was drawn to the mystery of words,seduced by a secret world forbidden to him.We sat for hours under that tree,sat there until the sun faded in the west,and still Hassan insisted we had enough daylight for one more story,
I would always feel guilty about it later. So I'd try to make up for itby giving him one of my old shirtsthat was amends enough for a harmless prank.
Children aren't coloring books.You don't get to fill themwith your favorite colors.he will never be like you.But watch, he'll turn out well.
but what happens in a few days,sometimes even a single day,can change the course of a whole lifetime."
“In the end, the world always wins.That's just the way of things.”