Hosseini用充满诗意的文笔讲述了一个关于阿富汗的故事。用了40多个小时畅快读完，主要感悟有二：
一，珍惜和平时光。世事无常，一场战乱就能导致国破家亡，百姓背井离乡。生活哪有什么岁月静好？只是因为有人替我们负重前行。
In the end, the world always wins. That’s just the way of things.
After everything he’d built, planned, fought for, fretted over, dreamed of, this was the summation of his life: one disppointing son and two suitcases.
二，勇敢选择变好。Amir的父亲尽管没有公开承认错误，但他一直在用自己的方式赎罪：扶贫济困，舍己救人；Amir为自己的懦弱和逃避而背负了二十多年的不安，最终战胜了自私，得到了救赎。
There is only one sin. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth.
A boy who won’t stand up for himself becomes a man who can’t stand up to anything.
There is a way to be good again.