The kite runner /
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 the famil...
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Bloomsbury,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: |
2013. ©2013 |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 10th anniversary edition / |
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Summary: |
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 the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he msut return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption. |
Item Description: | Originally published: 2003. |
Carrier Form: | 343 pages ; 20 cm. |
ISBN: | 9781408824863 |
Index Number: | PS3608 |
CLC: | I712.45 |
Call Number: | I712.45/H829-12 |