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عداء الطائرة الورقية : رواية /

ʻAddāʼ al-ṭāʼirah al-waraqiyah : riwāyah / Khālid Ḥusaynī ; tarjamat Ehab Abdel Hamid.

حسىنى, خالد،, By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Arabic Original language: English Publication details: الدوحة : دار بلومزبري مؤسسة قطر للنشر = Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing،, 2012. Publisher: al-Dawḥah : Dār Blūmzburī - Muʼassasat Qaṭar lil-Nashr = Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing, 2012Copyright date: 2012Edition: الطبعة العربية الأولى. Edition: al-Ṭabʻah al-ʻArabīyah al-ūláDescription: 507 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9789992178966
  • 9992178965
Uniform titles:
  • Kite runner. Arabic
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library World Languages Collection HOSSEINI KHALED Arabic Available 33111011235021
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Text in Arabic. Afghanistan in the 1970s: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-flying tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. What happens to Hassan that afternoon will shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Text in In Arabic, translated from the English.

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.

Translation of: The kite runner.

Originally published: 2003.

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