Title:
|
THE KITE RUNNER
21 GREAT BLOOMSBURY READS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY |
By: |
Khaled Hosseini |
Format: |
Paperback |
List price:
|
£6.99 |
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN 10: |
0747590036 |
ISBN 13: |
9780747590033 |
Publisher: |
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC |
Pub. date: |
2 January, 2007 |
Edition: |
21st birthday celebratory ed |
Pages: |
352 |
Description: |
A novel, presented with an introduction by Mariella Frostrup. |
Synopsis: |
Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win 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 still 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 world cannot grant him: redemption. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Prizes: |
Winner of Reading Group Book of the Year 2007.
Winner of BookScan Gold Awards 2007. |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |