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020 _a9781408844441 (pbk.)
082 _a813.6
_bHOS
100 _aHosseini, Khaled
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245 2 _aA thousand splendid suns
260 _aLondon
_bBloomsburry
_c2007
300 _a419p.
520 _aIn Hosseini's unforgettable debut novel, The Kite Runner, twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to 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 an Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
650 _aArranged marriage
_95477
650 _aSocial classes
_94996
650 _aMale friendship
_95053
942 _cBK
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