The Kite Runner

Resumen del libro

Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he always helps Amir - but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was 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 find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B Khaled Hosseinix{0026}lt;/B (Kabul, 1965) se trasladó a Estados Unidos en 1980 y reside actualmente en el norte de California. Tanto sus tres novelas, x{0026}lt;I Cometas en el cielox{0026}lt;/I , x{0026}lt;I Mil soles espléndidos y Y las montañas hablaron,x{0026}lt;/I como su último libro, x{0026}lt;I Súplica a la marx{0026}lt;/I , publicados por Salamandra, se han convertido en fenómenos de ventas y han aparecido en más de cincuenta países. En 2006, Hosseini fue nombrado embajador de buena voluntad del ACNUR (Alto Comisionado de Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados) y en 2007 puso en marcha la Fundación Khaled Hosseini, destinada a proporcionar ayuda humanitaria al pueblo de Afganistán para aliviar su sufrimiento y contribuir a crear prósperas comunidades.x{0026}lt;/P