The Kite Runner
Feb 2009 · A&C Black
4.4star
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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER
'Devastating' Daily Telegraph
'Heartbreaking' The Times
'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende
'Haunting' Independent
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.
'Devastating' Daily Telegraph
'Heartbreaking' The Times
'Unforgettable' Isabel Allende
'Haunting' Independent
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.
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4.4
1.16K reviews
Jackson Joy
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21 May 2013
Impeccable writing style, great story setting, true human emotions, absolutely convincing, considering, conditioning and demanding. With Irony, this book is a must have for both, an avid reader and an authentic writer. lots to learn from this guy. "For you a thousand times" Khaled Hosseini :)
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Manjushree Shrivastav
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5 July 2017
A realistic portrayal of conflict and how it affects people.... The emotions and experiences of the protagonist have been described so sensitively, you feel this is your story. There is also a delicate element of surprise in the way the various characters evolve and events unfold, not once seeming fabricated or unoriginal .
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Jenny Moran
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5 March 2014
Riveting at times, heartbreaking at others, with clearly cherished memories to make you smile. The reason I didn't give it five stars being that when it wasn't any of these things it was just prose, sauntering along
About the author
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world, with over thirty eight million copies of his books sold in more than seventy countries. The Kite Runner was a major film and was a Book of the Decade, chosen by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year in 2008. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California.
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