by Khaled Hosseini · Piemme · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788838483554
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Il cacciatore di aquiloni» is the novel by Khaled Hosseini, published by Piemme in paperback (362 pages, in Italian).
The story follows Amir and Hassan, two boys who grow up together in Kabul and share a friendship marked by social difference. After a traumatic episode that Amir witnesses without intervening, his guilt haunts him for years. Now an adult living in San Francisco, a phone call forces him to return to Afghanistan to face his past and seek Hassan's son, in a country devastated by violence and the Taliban regime.
The original edition of the novel was published in 2003 under the title «The Kite Runner». This Italian edition by Piemme is part of the Bestseller collection and features a translation by Isabella Vaj.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction and literary fiction seeking an emotional story about friendship, guilt, and redemption.
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.
