num_pages: 336
description: The internationally beloved and bestselling novel–now in a beautifully illustrated gift edition.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 is a story about the ways in which we are damned by our moral failures, and of the extravagant cost of redemption.This breathtaking edition is newly designed with two-colour art throughout, and includes three full-colour photo inserts–all printed on beautiful paper. Printed endpapers and an exquisite, printed linen case complete this gorgeous, must-have volume.
language: English
title: The Kite Runner
titlecomplete: The Kite Runner
characters: Sohrab (The Kite Runner), Amir (The Kite Runner), Hassan (The Kite Runner), Soraya Taheri, Rahim Khan, Farid (The Kite Runner), Assef, Baba (The Kite Runner)
genres: Classics, Historical, Adult, Novels, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3028540
places: Pakistan, Fremont, California, Afghanistan, Kabul
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: Doubleday