The kite runner / Interpersonal relations. Betrayal. Boys. Male friendship. Social classes. Books adapted to film. Social classes Betrayal Male friendship Boys Kites Teenage boys Social conditions. Teenage boys. Friendship Parent and child Interpersonal relations
Hosseini, Khaled.
The kite runner / Khaled Hosseini. - London : Bloomsbury, 2003. - vii, 324 p. ; 24 cm.
LC copy signed by author.
"The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship, betrayal, and the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before. The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But with the devastation, Khaled Hosseini also gives us hope: through the novel's faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows for redemption."--BOOK JACKET. "Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan nonetheless grow up in different worlds; Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara, member of a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When the Soviets invade and Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.".
0747566534 (2004) 0747566526 0747566992 (pbk.)
$15.00
2004401570
GBA375258 bnb
1900-1999
Interpersonal relations.
Betrayal.
Boys.
Male friendship.
Social classes.
Books adapted to film.
Social classes--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Male friendship--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Kites--Competitions--Afghanistan--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Afghanistan--Fiction.
Social conditions.
Teenage boys.
Friendship--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan)
Afghanistan--Kabul.
Kabul (Afghanistan)--Fiction.
Kābol (Afghanistan)--Fiction.
Kabol (Afghanistan)--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Afghanistan.
Culture & diversity
Historical fiction
Culture & diversity
Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3608.O525 / K58 2003
813/.6
The kite runner / Khaled Hosseini. - London : Bloomsbury, 2003. - vii, 324 p. ; 24 cm.
LC copy signed by author.
"The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship, betrayal, and the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before. The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But with the devastation, Khaled Hosseini also gives us hope: through the novel's faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows for redemption."--BOOK JACKET. "Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan nonetheless grow up in different worlds; Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara, member of a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When the Soviets invade and Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.".
0747566534 (2004) 0747566526 0747566992 (pbk.)
$15.00
2004401570
GBA375258 bnb
1900-1999
Interpersonal relations.
Betrayal.
Boys.
Male friendship.
Social classes.
Books adapted to film.
Social classes--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Betrayal--Fiction.
Male friendship--Fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Kites--Competitions--Afghanistan--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Afghanistan--Fiction.
Social conditions.
Teenage boys.
Friendship--Fiction.
Parent and child--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Kabul (Afghanistan)
Afghanistan--Kabul.
Kabul (Afghanistan)--Fiction.
Kābol (Afghanistan)--Fiction.
Kabol (Afghanistan)--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Fiction.
Afghanistan--Social conditions--20th century--Fiction.
Afghanistan.
Culture & diversity
Historical fiction
Culture & diversity
Fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.
PS3608.O525 / K58 2003
813/.6