The kite runner / Khaled Hosseini
By: Hosseini, Khaled
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Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2005Description: xii, 371 p. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781594483011 (pbk.); 9781594480003 (pbk.); 1594480001; 1594483019 (pbk.).Subject(s): Kites -- Competitions -- Afghanistan -- Fiction | Teenage boys -- Afghanistan -- Fiction | Afghanistan -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction | Male friendship -- Fiction | Betrayal -- Fiction | Social classes -- Fiction | Boys -- FictionDDC classification: 813.6 Summary: This powerful first novel...tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Both transform the life of Amir, Khaled Hosseini's privileged young narrator, who comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy, just before his country's revolution and its invasion by Russian forces. But political events, even as dramatic as the ones that are presented in The Kite Runner, are only a part of this story. In the Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini gives us a vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence - forces that continue to threaten them even today.
| Item type | Current location | Call number | Vol info | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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| Main Collection | Taylor's Library-TC | 813.6 HOS 2005 (Browse shelf) | Complimentary from: Student Central, 26 Feb 2013 | 1 | Available | SAMxx,01000,01,RM | 5000145172 |
This powerful first novel...tells a story of fierce cruelty and fierce yet redeeming love. Both transform the life of Amir, Khaled Hosseini's privileged young narrator, who comes of age during the last peaceful days of the monarchy, just before his country's revolution and its invasion by Russian forces. But political events, even as dramatic as the ones that are presented in The Kite Runner, are only a part of this story. In the Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini gives us a vivid and engaging story that reminds us how long his people have been struggling to triumph over the forces of violence - forces that continue to threaten them even today.
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