Word: literaryâ
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...those rare literary??works that became an addiction for millions of readers, Khaled Hosseini's novel has been filmed most reverently. The movie is the book, with its narrative force and fondness for plot clichés. Amir (Ebrahimi, far right), a child of privilege in Afghanistan, loves to fly kites with his best friend, Hassan (Mahmoodzada), the son of his father's servant. One day Hassan is raped by a bully and his gang, and Amir, who sees the assault, does nothing to stop it. Indeed, he becomes vindictive toward Hassan, leading to many betrayals and reversals that will...
...ordinary people. In The Contrast, he is proposing to solve in a similar manner what he has discovered to be the American problem. In the interest of peace, harmony and the comity of nations he sets out to prove the profundity of the contrast?physical, social, political, religious and literary???between the U.S. and Europe; and he proceeds, with all the humility and suavity of the best British manner, to be as irritating as possible for 267 pages...
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