by Khaled Hosseini · SALAMANDRA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788498380729
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«Cometas en el cielo» is the novel by Khaled Hosseini, published by Salamandra in hardcover (384 pages, in Spanish).
Set in Kabul in 1975, it follows Amir, a boy who wants to win the annual kite-flying contest to earn his father's approval. Hassan, his Hazara servant and playmate, accompanies him in this feat, and what happens during the tournament will test their friendship, with consequences that extend throughout their lives.
Original title: The Kite Runner; the novel was published in 2003 and this Spanish edition dates from 2006.
Common reading in book clubs and classrooms; catalogued for young people aged 12 and up.
Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini is an Afghan and American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have spread awareness about Afghanistan's people and culture.
