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Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul

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An edition of The Kite Runner (2003)

Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul

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  • ★★★★ 4.09 ·
  • 95 Ratings
  • 1393 Want to read
  • 115 Currently reading
  • 172 Have read

Dans les années 70 à Kaboul, le petit Amir, fils d'un riche commerçant pachtoun, partage son enfance avec son serviteur Hassan, jeune chiite condamné pour ses origines à exécuter les tâches les plus viles. Liés par une indéfectible passion pour les cerfs-volants, les garçons grandissent heureux dans une cité ouverte et accueillante. Ni la différence de leur condition ni les railleries des camarades n'entament leur amitié. Jusqu'au jour où Amir commet la pire des lâchetés...

Eté 2001. Réfugié depuis plusieurs années aux Etats-Unis, Amir reçoit un appel du Pakistan. "Il existe un moyen de te racheter", lui annonce la voix au bout du fil. Mais ce moyen passe par une plongée au coeur de l'Afghanistan des talibans... et de son propre passé.
--back cover

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10|18
Language
French
Pages
408

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New York Times bestseller, nyt:trade_fiction_paperback=2008-10-26, In library, Male friendship, Betrayal, Fiction, Social classes, Boys, nyt:trade_fiction_paperback=2009-09-26, Bacha bazi, Soviet-Afghan war, Mullahs, sadistic personality disorder, brass knuckles, fighter kites, Pashtuns, Hazaras, literary fiction, Teenage boys, Bildungsromans, Competitions, Kites, Literature, Open Library Staff Picks, open_syllabus_project, Amistad entre hombres, Social conditions, Ficción, Clases sociales, Parent and child, Interpersonal relations, Historical fiction, Friendship, Fiction, coming of age, Afghanistan, fiction, Friendship, fiction, Autographed books, Social Class, Fictional Works [Publication Type], Large type books, Afghanistan-Konflikt, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Freundschaft, Soziale Ungleichheit, General, Junge, Arabic fiction, Romans, nouvelles, Amitié masculine, Afghans, Histoire, Littérature américaine, Afghanistan, Talibans, Novelas afganas, Novela, Traición, Muchachos, Social classes​, American fiction, collectionID:TexChallenge2021, Drama, Classes sociales, Trahison (Morale), Garçons, Male friendship--fiction, Social classes--fiction, Betrayal--fiction, Boys--fiction, World literature, Fiction subjects, Fictional works, Translations into Persian
People
Amir, Hassan, Ali, Sanaubar, Baba, Rahim Khan, Assef, Soraya Taheri, Taliban, Farid, Sohrab
Places
Afghanistan, Kabul (Afganistán), Kabul (Afghanistan), Kābol (Afghanistan), Kabul, Hazarajat, Soviet Union, Peshawar, Pakistan, America, Fremont, California, San Jose State University, San Jose
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2001, 1975, 1979, 20th century

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Paris, France
Copyright Date
2005
Translation Of
The Kite Runner
Translated From
English

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
405p.
Number of pages
408
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3 inches
Weight
9.1 ounces

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Open Library
OL8889575M
Internet Archive
lescerfsvolantsd0000hoss
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2264043571
ISBN 13
9782264043573
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5276341
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The 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.
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I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975.
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