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The kite runner [LP]

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Main Author: Hosseini, Khaled
Format: Books Print Book Large Print
Language:English
Published: Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2003.
Edition:Center Point large print ed.
Subjects:
Kābol (Afghanistan) > Fiction.
Male friendship > Fiction.
Social classes > Fiction.
Afghanistan > Fiction.
Betrayal > Fiction.
Boys > Fiction.
Large print books.
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Physical Description:400 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
ISBN:1585473634
Author Notes:Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 4, 1965. He received a bachelor's degree in biology from Santa Clara University in 1988 and a medical degree from the University of California-San Diego's School of Medicine in 1993. He was a practicing internist from 1996 to 2004.

While in medical practice, he began writing his first novel, The Kite Runner, which was published in 2003. His other books include A Thousand Splendid Suns and And the Mountains Echoed. In 2006, he was named a Goodwill Envoy to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. He established The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

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