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001 4085342
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008 030203s2003 nyu 000 f eng
010 $a 2003043106
020 $a1573222453 (acid-free paper)
020 $a9781573222457
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm51615359
035 $a(NNC)4085342
035 $a4085342
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dNNC$dOrLoB-B
043 $aa-af---
050 00 $aPS3608.O525$bK58 2003
082 00 $a813/.6$221
100 1 $aHosseini, Khaled.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003033270
245 14 $aThe kite runner /$cKhaled Hosseini.
260 $aNew York :$bRiverhead Books,$c2003.
300 $avii, 324 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
520 1 $a"Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan nonetheless grow up in different worlds; Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara, member of a shunned ethnic minority.
520 8 $aTheir intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When the Soviets invade and Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.".
520 8 $a"The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship, betrayal, and the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before. The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed.
520 8 $aBut with the devastation, Khaled Hosseini also gives us hope: through the novel's faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows for redemption."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aKabul (Afghanistan)$vFiction.
650 0 $aMale friendship$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008107166
650 0 $aSocial classes$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111427
651 0 $aAfghanistan$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114093
650 0 $aBetrayal$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101961
650 0 $aBoys$vFiction.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101907
655 7 $aBildungsromans.$2gsafd
852 00 $bglx$hPS3608.O525$iK58 2003