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Good. First Riverhead Trade Paperback Edition..Softcover in good condition

Riverhead Trade, April 2004. Paper Back. As New. Very light cover wear, contents pristine.

USA: Riverhead Books/Berkley Publishing Group, 2003. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Cover is clean and unmarked with a touch of edgewear. Internals are clean and free from any markings, no creasing. Glued binding tight and square. A haunting story of growing up in Afghanistan--a personal appeal, new insights into a life unknown to Americans, published in the aftermath of America's invasion of Afghanistan. It is a universal story of regret and redemption, friendship and family, and transcends all boundaries to find a place in the heart of every reader. 371 pages. 8.5 x 5.75 inches. Riverhead Books/Berkley Publishing Group, New York, 2003. .

Riverhead Trade, 2004-04-27. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x1. Pages are clean. Book Leaves in 1 Business Day or Less! Leaves Same Day if Received by 2 pm EST! Cover has shelf wear. Very Good. Multiple copies available. MI

Riverhead books, 2003. 20th Printing. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Riverhead Trade, 2004-04-27. Reprint. Paperback. New. 85x16x129. has some shelfwear

Riverhead Trade. Used; Very Good. Riverhead Trade 2004 Paperback. Pages are clean and unmarked and spine is uncreased. Cover has very light wear from use. Book Condition: Very GoodThe 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 an exploration of the power of fathers over sons - their love, their sacrifices, their lies.A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic. Review: In his debut novel, The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini accomplishes what very few contemporary novelists are able to do. He manages to provide an educational and eye-opening account of a country's political turmoil--in this case, Afghanistan--while also developing characters whose heartbreaking struggles and emotional triumphs resonate with readers long after the last page has been turned over. And he does this on his first try.The Kite Runner follows the story of Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. As children in the relatively stable Afghanistan of the early 1970s, the boys are inseparable. They spend idyllic days running kites and telling stories of mystical places and powerful warriors until an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever, and eventually cements their bond in ways neither boy could have ever predicted. Even after Amir and his father flee to America, Amir remains haunted by his cowardly actions and disloyalty. In part, it is these demons and the sometimes impossible quest for forgiveness that bring him back to his war-torn native land after it comes under Taliban rule. ("...I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not with the fanfare of epiphany, but with pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.")Some of the plot's turns and twists may be somewhat implausible, but Hosseini has created characters that seem so real that one almost forgets that The Kite Runner is a novel and not a memoir. At a time when Afghanistan has been thrust into the forefront of America's collective consciousness ("people sipping lattes at Starbucks were talking about the battle for Kunduz"), Hosseini offers an honest, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, but always heartfelt view of a fascinating land. Perhaps the only true flaw in this extraordinary novel is that it ends all too soon. --Gisele Toueg . 2004. TRADE PAPERBACK.

New York: Riverhead Books, 2005. 371pp + readers guide. Slight edge wear to card covers. 'A moving portrait of modern Afghanistan'.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.