A heartfelt, gut-wrenching story about friendship and loyalty, betrayal and redemption. Tender, ironic and sentimental in a good way, Khaled Hosseini's novel is like a painting that you can look at endlessly.
The story takes place in pre-war Kabul in the 1970s. In this magical city, shimmering with all shades of gold and azure, live two boys of the same age, Amir and Hassan. One belonged to the local aristocracy, the other to a despised minority. One had a handsome and important father, the other's was lame and pathetic. Master and servant, prince and beggar, handsome and cripple. But there were no people in the world closer than these two boys. Soon the Kabul idyll will give way to terrible storms. And the boys, like two kites, will be picked up by this storm and scattered in different directions. Each has their own destiny, their own tragedy, but they, as in childhood, are connected by the strongest ties.
You run after a kite and the wind, as you run after your destiny, trying to catch it. But it will catch you.
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Translation: Sokolov Sergey
Year of issue: 2024
Publisher: Phantom Press
Pages: 416
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 208x136x28 mm
ISBN: 978-5-86471-673-1