The Kite Runner Audiobook

Publisher Description

The #1 National Bestseller Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and 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 grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amirs fathers servant, is a Hazaraa shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When 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. The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sonstheir love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope: through the novels faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows us for redemption. Download and start listening now!

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It is so powerful that for a long time everything I read seemed bland. – Isabel Allende, New York Times bestselling author This extraordinary novel locates the personal struggles of everyday people in the terrible sweep of history. – People Hosseini clearly loves his country as much as he hates what has become of itA tale told in simple brush strokesHosseini is at his best describing moments of slow, silent agony. – Washington Post Book World Hosseini does tenderness and terror, California dream, and Kadul nightmare with equal aplombA ripping yarn and ethical parable. – Globe and Mail