num_pages: 324
description: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!Scheduled for theatre release in November 2007, “The Kite Runner” has a stellar team behind it: Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster (“Stranger Than Fiction,” “Finding Neverland,” “Monster’s Ball”) and screenplay writer David Benioff (“Troy”).The Kite Runner is an unforgettable story of honour, courage and betrayal set in war-torn Afghanistan as two small boys test their friendship to its limits. Compelling, heartrending, and etched with details of a history never before told in fiction, The Kite Runner explores the ways in which we’re damned by our moral failures, and of the extravagant cost of redemption.
language: English
title: The Kite Runner
titlecomplete: The Kite Runner
characters: Farid (The Kite Runner), Soraya Taheri, Baba (The Kite Runner), Assef, Amir (The Kite Runner), Hassan (The Kite Runner), Rahim Khan, Sohrab (The Kite Runner)
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, School, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 3028162
places: Pakistan, Kabul, Afghanistan, Fremont, California
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Puddly Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: LovelyBooks Leserpreis
category: Allgemeine Literatur
publisher: Seal Books