Drachenläufer
by Hosseini, Khaled
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 383330149X
- ISBN 13
- 9783833301490
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Berlin: Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag, 2004. 18th edition. A near fine paperback. 18th ed. 387p. 18,7x11,7cm.
Afghanistan 1975: a country in the shadow of history. In Kabul the twelve-year-old Amir is growing up, who wants to win a competition in the kiteboarding in order to prove his father's strength. For this he needs the help of his friend Hassan. Hassan's father is the servant of Amir's father. Despite their diverse background, the two boys have an intimate friendship that can withstand all the challenges of the neighborhood. Until the end of the successful competition this friendship will be betrayed by Amir in a terrible way. This act dramatically changes the lives of both, their paths separate, while the country is at the same time confronting its destruction. Many years later, the adult Amir returns from abroad to his home town of Kabul to pay off his debt. The reader witnesses the dramatic destinies of the two boys, their fathers and friends, and experiences their love and their lies, their separation and reparation. Dragonfly is a remarkable debut. "On an ice-cold, covered winter's day of 1975, at the age of twelve, I became what I am today. I still remember the moment: I crouched behind a crumbling clay wall and peered into the alley that was near the frozen stream. Much time has passed now, but what you tell about the past is that you can bury them is not true. So much I know now. The past is always tingling with their claws. "A moving story about friendship and betrayal from today's Afghanistan
Afghanistan 1975: a country in the shadow of history. In Kabul the twelve-year-old Amir is growing up, who wants to win a competition in the kiteboarding in order to prove his father's strength. For this he needs the help of his friend Hassan. Hassan's father is the servant of Amir's father. Despite their diverse background, the two boys have an intimate friendship that can withstand all the challenges of the neighborhood. Until the end of the successful competition this friendship will be betrayed by Amir in a terrible way. This act dramatically changes the lives of both, their paths separate, while the country is at the same time confronting its destruction. Many years later, the adult Amir returns from abroad to his home town of Kabul to pay off his debt. The reader witnesses the dramatic destinies of the two boys, their fathers and friends, and experiences their love and their lies, their separation and reparation. Dragonfly is a remarkable debut. "On an ice-cold, covered winter's day of 1975, at the age of twelve, I became what I am today. I still remember the moment: I crouched behind a crumbling clay wall and peered into the alley that was near the frozen stream. Much time has passed now, but what you tell about the past is that you can bury them is not true. So much I know now. The past is always tingling with their claws. "A moving story about friendship and betrayal from today's Afghanistan
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- Title
- Drachenläufer
- Author
- Hosseini, Khaled
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 18th edition
- ISBN 10
- 383330149X
- ISBN 13
- 9783833301490
- Publisher
- Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 387p. 18,7x11,7cm.
- Keywords
- Afghanistan, friendship and betrayal, Kabul
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
- Language
- Deutsch
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