The kite runner
Record details
- ISBN: 1594480001 (pbk.) :
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Physical Description:
x, 372 p. ; 21 cm.
print - Edition: 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2004, c2003.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | 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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Subject: | Afghanistan Fiction Kabul (Afghanistan) Fiction Boys Fiction Betrayal Fiction Social classes Fiction Male friendship Fiction |
Genre: | Bildungsromans. |
Available copies
- 31 of 35 copies available at Bibliomation.
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- 0 current holds with 35 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Ansonia Public Library | FIC HOSSEINI, KHALED (Text) | 34045098742849 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 12/10/2010 |
Ansonia Public Library | FIC HOSSEINI, KHALED PBK (Text) | 34045098322303 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Babcock Library - Ashford | F Hos (Text) | 3311000075309W | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Beacon Falls Public Library | FIC Hos (Text) | 33120000126817 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Black Rock Branch - Bridgeport | FIC HOSSEINI (Text) | 34000073195125 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Bolton High School | FIC HOS (Text) | 34062096371406 | Fiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF HOS (Text) | 33260000033630 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | X YA HOSSEINI (Text) | 34000075220863 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
David M. Hunt Library - Falls Village | F Hos (Text) | 33180120697991 | Adult Fiction - First Floor | Available | - |
Derby Public Library | FIC HOS (Text) | 34047100141978 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary
The Kite Runner
The New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers. 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 sonsÂtheir 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. Â