The Resource The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini
The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini
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The item The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Issues. 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 and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption. 'The Kite Runner is a first novel of unusual generosity, honesty and compassion' Independent. 'The shattering first novel by Khaled Hosseini...a rich and soul-searching narrative...a sharp, unforgettable taste of the trauma and tumult experienced by Afghanis as their country buckled' Observer. 'A devastating, masterful and painfully honest story...it is a novel of great hidden intricacy and wisdom, like a timeless Eastern tale. It speaks the most harrowing truth about the power of evil' Daily Telegraph. 'Unforgettable...extraordinary. It is so powerful that for a long time after everything I read seemed bland' Isabel Allende
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback ed.
- Extent
- vii, 343 p.
- Note
- First published in Great Britain, 2003
- Isbn
- 9781408824856
- Label
- The kite runner
- Title
- The kite runner
- Statement of responsibility
- Khaled Hosseini
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Issues. 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 and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption. 'The Kite Runner is a first novel of unusual generosity, honesty and compassion' Independent. 'The shattering first novel by Khaled Hosseini...a rich and soul-searching narrative...a sharp, unforgettable taste of the trauma and tumult experienced by Afghanis as their country buckled' Observer. 'A devastating, masterful and painfully honest story...it is a novel of great hidden intricacy and wisdom, like a timeless Eastern tale. It speaks the most harrowing truth about the power of evil' Daily Telegraph. 'Unforgettable...extraordinary. It is so powerful that for a long time after everything I read seemed bland' Isabel Allende
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hosseini, Khaled
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Male friendship
- Social classes
- Betrayal
- Boys
- Afghanistan
- Kabul (Afghanistan)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini
- Note
- First published in Great Britain, 2003
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000048120404
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback ed.
- Extent
- vii, 343 p.
- Isbn
- 9781408824856
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)704895404
- Label
- The kite runner, Khaled Hosseini
- Note
- First published in Great Britain, 2003
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000048120404
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback ed.
- Extent
- vii, 343 p.
- Isbn
- 9781408824856
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)704895404
Subject
- Betrayal -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Boys -- Fiction
- Kabul (Afghanistan) -- Fiction
- Male friendship -- Fiction
- Afghanistan -- Fiction
- Social classes -- Fiction
Genre
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- trueALA Notable Books - Fiction: 2004
- trueAlex Award: 2004
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2003
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