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THE KITE RUNNER
Over five years on the New York Times bestseller list, and published in 55 different languages.
Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable, beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan nonetheless grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara, member of a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When the Soviets invade and Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a breathtaking story set against the volatile events of Afghanistan’s last thirty years—from the Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban to the post-Taliban rebuilding—that puts the violence, fear, hope, and faith of this country in intimate, human terms. It is a tale of two generations of characters brought jarringly together by the tragic sweep of war, where personal lives—the struggle to survive, raise a family, find happiness—are inextricable from the history playing out around them.
Propelled by the same storytelling instinct that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once a remarkable chronicle of three decades of Afghan history and a deeply moving account of family and friendship. It is a striking, heart-wrenching novel of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love—a stunning accomplishment
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The Kite Runner / A Thousand Splendid Suns - 2 Volume Set in Slipcase [FACTORY SEALED - Signed, Limited Edition]
Seller: Antique Mall Books, Smyrna, GA, U.S.A.
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Hardback. Condition: New. Signed by author, limited edition - 1 of 1,500 sets. Factory sealed in shrink wrap! . . . . . . . . The 2008 Bloomsbury collector?s edition box set pairs hardback limited editions of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, issued in London and housed together in a matching slipcase. Each volume is numbered and signed by Hosseini, with 1,500 sets printed, making it a desirable modern signed set for collectors. The bindings are in contrasting colored cloth (red for The Kite Runner and yellow for A Thousand Splendid Suns) with gilt and decorative floral motifs, and the slipcase is designed to present them as a unified gift or collector?s set.? The Kite Runner in this set is Hosseini?s debut novel, originally published in 2003, a story centered on friendship, betrayal, and redemption against the backdrop of Afghanistan?s turbulent late?20th?century history. A Thousand Splendid Suns, first published in 2007, focuses on the intertwined lives of two Afghan women and highlights the hardships and resilience of women under decades of conflict and repression in Afghanistan. Together, these signed limited hardbacks represent Hosseini?s first two major works in an attractive uniform edition aimed at collectors and gift buyers.? Khaled Hosseini is an Afghan?born American novelist and humanitarian, born in Kabul on March 4, 1965. His father served as a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history, and the family left Afghanistan in the late 1970s, ultimately obtaining asylum in the United States and settling in California.?? Seller Inventory # 2511300001