01549cam a2200325 4500 297276345 TxAuBib 20170626120000.0 040427t20042003||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781594480003 pbk. $14.00 1594480001 pbk. $14.00 9781594480003 (OCoLC)55031822 TxAuBib Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner / Khaled Hosseini. 1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed. New York : Riverhead Books, 2004. ©2003. x, 372 p. ; 21 cm. 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. 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 it is also about the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies. 20170626. Male friendship Fiction. Social classes Fiction. Betrayal Fiction. Boys Fiction. Kabul (Afghanistan) Fiction. Afghanistan Fiction. Bildungsromans.