“I sat on a bench near a willow tree and watched a pair of kites soaring in the sky. I thought about something Rahim Khan said just before he hung up, almost as an afterthought, ‘There is a way to be good again.’”Now in paperback, one of the year’s international literary sensations -- a shattering story of betrayal and redemption set in war-torn Afghanistan.Amir and Hassan are childhood friends in the alleys and orchards of Kabul in the sunny days before the invasion of the Soviet army and Afghanistan’s decent into fanaticism. Both motherless, they grow up as close as brothers, but their fates, they know, are to be different. Amir’s father is a wealthy merchant; Hassan’s father is his manservant. Amir belongs to the ruling caste of Pashtuns, Hassan to the despised Hazaras.This fragile idyll is broken by the mounting ethnic, religious, and political tensions that begin to tear Afghanistan apart. An unspeakable assault on Hassan by a gang of local boys tears the friends apart; Amir has witnessed his friend’s torment, but is too afraid to intercede. Plunged into self-loathing, Amir conspires to have Hassan and his father turned out of the household.When the Soviets invade Afghanistan, Amir and his father flee to San Francisco, leaving Hassan and his father to a pitiless fate. Only years later will Amir have an opportunity to redeem himself by returning to Afghanistan to begin to repay the debt long owed to the man who should have been his brother.Compelling, heartrending, and etched with details of a history never before told in fiction, The Kite Runner is a story of the ways in which we’re damned by our moral failures, and of the extravagant cost of redemption.From the Trade Paperback edition.Pages : 607

Hosseini, Khaled

Simon & Schuster, Incorporated

Simon & Schuster Audio

Hudson Street Press

Exclusive Collector's edition, New York, New York, 2013

Abridged Audio, New York, USA, May 21, 2013

United States, United States of America

First Edition, 2013

<p>The 10th anniversary edition of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers.</p>
<p>The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, <i>The Kite Runner</i> 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 an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.</p>
<p>A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, <i>The Kite Runner</i> is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.</p>

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 an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.
A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.
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[1]: https://khaledhosseini.com/books/the-kite-runner/

Tolv år gamle Amir er desperat etter å vinne den lokale dragekampen, for å på den måten bevise for faren at han er mann. Hans lojale venn Hassan lover å hjelpe han. Hassan er sønn av en invalid tjener og derfor lavkaste. Men Amir er likevel sjalu på vennen for hans naturlige mot og for hans plass i farens hjerte. For å vinne svikter Amir vennen sin på en måte som skal få uante konsekvenser for dem begge. Etter at russerne invaderer Afghanistan flykter familien til Amerika og starter et nytt liv. Men Amir innser at han må reise tilbake for å finne det eneste det nye fedrelandet ikke kan gi ham; tilgivelse. Omtalen er utarbeidet av BS

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 day. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy Afghan youth 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. It is also about the power of fathers over sons: their love, their sacrifices, and their lies

Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son. In a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day

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