The Kite Runner

The number one bestseller, c hosen as a Book of the Decade by The Times , Daily Telegraph and Guardian 'Devastating' Daily Telegraph 'Heartbreaking' The Times 'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende 'Haunting' Independent Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to 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 Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Product details

• Authors: Khaled Hosseini, Hosseini Khaled
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781526604736
• ISBN: 978-1-5266-0473-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 178 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Afghanistan, FICTION / Coming of Age, California, Kabul, San Jose, Migration, immigration & emigration, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to Islamic / Muslim people and groups, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples