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The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003, Unabridged, Audio Cassette) 
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003, Unabridged, Audio Cassette)

 
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (2003, Unabridged, Audio Cassette)

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audioworks
Publication Date: 2003-05-01
Language: English
Format: Audio
ISBN-10: 0743530233
ISBN-13: 9780743530231
Product ID: EPID2339151
Description: This epic novel is set in Afghanistan, beginning in the days of the monarchy and reaching to the early 21st century. Amir is the son of a wealthy man; his best friend is Hassan, the son of his father's servant. Growing up in Kabul, the t...
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Synopsis
This epic novel is set in Afghanistan, beginning in the days of the monarchy and reaching to the early 21st century. Amir is the son of a wealthy man; his best friend is Hassan, the son of his father's servant. Growing up in Kabul, the two share an idyllic childhood until a traumatic event--and Amir's act of cowardly betrayal--changes the nature of their friendship. Amir, who ends up in America, is tortured by his betrayal of Hassan, and he finds himself compelled to return, years later, to a Taliban-dominated Afghanistan to make amends. THE KITE RUNNER, written by an Afghani--now a physician--whose family found asylum in the U.S. in 1980--personalizes the conflicts in Afghanistan and the US involvement there. A debut novel, it was hailed by critics for its poetic prose and vivid characters.

Details
Publication Date:2003-05-01
Edition Description:Unabridged

Size
Height:7.0 in
Width:4.5 in
Thickness:3.5 in
Weight:10.4 oz

Publisher's Note
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghanistani youth and a servant's son, in a tale that illuminates an Afghanistan before the Soviets, the Taliban, and al Qaeda.

Industry Reviews
"Here's a real find: a striking debut from an Afghan now living in the US....Rather than settle for a coming-of-age or travails-of-immigrants story, Hosseini has folded them both into this searing spectacle of hard-won personal salvation. All this, and a rich slice of Afghan culture too: irresistible."
Kirkus Reviews (05/01/2003)

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