An edition of The Kite Runner (2003)

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An edition of The Kite Runner (2003)

The kite runner

Riverhead mass-market international ed.

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  • ★★★★ 4.1 (133 ratings)
  • 2,351 Want to read
  • 203 Currently reading
  • 241 Have read

Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.

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Language
English
Pages
401

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Amir Hassan Ali Sanaubar Baba Rahim Khan Assef Soraya Taheri Taliban Farid Sohrab

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2001 1975 1979 20th century

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.6
Library of Congress
PS3608.O525 K58

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 401 pages
Number of pages
401

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL32112902M
ISBN 10
1594483019
ISBN 13
9781594483011
OCLC/WorldCat
276898451

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5781992W

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Work Description

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.
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I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.
added by Lisa.

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