by Khaled Hosseini · Piemme · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788838481727
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«Il cacciatore di aquiloni» is the novel by Khaled Hosseini, published by Piemme in paperback (394 pages, in Italian).
Set in Afghanistan, the story follows Amir, a boy from a well-off family in Kabul, and Hassan, the son of his father's servant, bound by a deep friendship that betrayal breaks after a traumatic event. Years later, settled in San Francisco, Amir returns to his country to redeem himself and rescue his friend's son in a war-torn Afghanistan.
Novel in Italian translated by Isabella Vaj from the original English «The Kite Runner», first published in 2004.
Recommended for book clubs and for readers of contemporary fiction and historical novels.
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.
