The kite runner / Khaled Hosseini.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Riverhead Books, c2005.Edition: Riverhead trade pbk. edDescription: xii, 371 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1594480001 (pbk.)
  • 9781594480003 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Summary: An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection PS 3608 .O525 K58 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 98633016

Readers Guide inside, at end of book.

An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

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