The Kite Runner
Edition: Paperback edition (9)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780747573395
Copyright date: 2003
First sentence: I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975
Description: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to gain the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was 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 find the one thing that his new wold cannot grant him: redemption.
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Notes: UK