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082	0		_aFIC HOS
100	1		_aHosseini, Khaled _d(, 1965-)
245	1	4	_aThe kite runner _c/ Khaled Hosseini
260			_aNew York _b: Riverhead Books _c, c2003.
300			_axii, 371p. _c; 21 cm
520			_aThe 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 it is also about the power of fathers over sons--their love, their sacrifices, their lies. The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family, love, and friendship against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, bringing to mind the large canvases of the Russian writers of the nineteenth century. But just as it is old-fashioned in its narration, it is contemporary in its subject--the devastating history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years. As emotionally gripping as it is tender, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful debut.
650		4	_aMale friendship _v--Fiction
650		4	_aSocial classes
650		4	_aBetrayal _x--Fiction
650			_aBoys _v--Fiction
651			_aKabul (Afghanistan) _v--Fiction
651		4	_aAfghanistan _x--Fiction
942			_cMO
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