The Kite Runner

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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

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paperback | Arabic
Published: 27 September, 2012
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Text in Arabic. Afghanistan in the 1970s: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-flying tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. What happens to Hassan that afternoon will shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9789992178966
ISBN10 9992178965
Number Of Pages 512
Item Weight 408 g
Publisher / Reseller Hamad Bin Khalifa University Press
Format paperback
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The Kite Runner is a first novel of unusual generosity, honesty and compassion The Guardian, UK 'A devastating, masterful and painfully honest story ... it is a novel of great hidden intricacy and wisdom, like a timeless Eastern tale. It speaks the most harrowing truth about the power of evil' Daily Telegraph 'The shattering first novel by Khaled Hosseini... a rich and soul-searching narrative ... a sharp, unforgettable taste of the trauma and tumult experienced by Afghanis as their country buckled' Observer

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Author's Bio

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan and moved to the United States in 1980. His novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, are international bestsellers and have been published in 34 countreis. Khaled Hosseini is a doctor and lives in California.

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