TY - BOOK AU - Hosseini,Khaled AU - Abdel Hamid,Ehab TI - ʻAddāʼ al-ṭāʼirah al-waraqiyah: riwāyah SN - 9789992178966 PY - 2012/// CY - al-Dawḥah PB - Dār Blūmzburī - Muʼassasat Qaṭar lil-Nashr =, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing KW - Boys KW - Afghanistan KW - Fiction KW - Kites KW - Competitions KW - Male friendship KW - Social classes KW - Betrayal KW - Kabul (Afghanistan) KW - Social conditions KW - 20th century KW - Bildungsromans KW - lcgft N1 - Translation of: The kite runner; Originally published: 2003 N2 - The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial moment of change and destruction. A powerful story of friendship, it is also 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. Since its publication in 2003 Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America's most treasured writers ER -