I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.
An edition of The Kite Runner
(2003)
Gha kāiṭa ranara
1. āvr̥tti.
by Khaled Hosseini
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Novel based on friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul during the final days of the monarchy. When Amir is forced to flee with his prominent and wealthy father for a new life in California.
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2001, 1975, 1979, 20th centuryShowing 10 featured editions. View all 108 editions?
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Gha kāiṭa ranara
2011, Navabhārata Sāhitya Mandira, Prāptisthāna, Buka Śelpha
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The kite runner
2007, Riverhead Books
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The Kite Runner
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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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