Khaled Hosseini
Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. In 1970 Hosseini and his family moved to Iran where his father worked for the Embassy of Afghanistan in Tehran. In 1973 Hosseini's family returned to Kabul, and Hosseini's youngest brother was born in July of that year.In 1976, when Hosseini was 11 years old, Hosseini's father obtained a job in Paris, France, and moved the family there. They were unable to return to Afghanistan because of the Saur Revolution in which the PDPA communist party seized power through a bloody coup in April 1978. Instead, a year after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, in 1980 they sought political asylum in the United States and made their residence in San Jose, California.Hosseini graduated from Independence High School in San Jose in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in biology in 1988. The following year, he entered the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, where he earned his M.D. in 1993. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles in 1996. He practiced medicine for over ten years, until a year and a half after the release of The Kite Runner.Hosseini is currently a Goodwill Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He has been working to provide humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan through the Khaled Hosseini Foundation. The concept for the foundation was inspired by the trip to Afghanistan that Hosseini made in 2007 with UNHCR.He lives in Northern California with his wife, Roya, and their two children (Harris and Farah).
And the Mountains Echoed
Khaled Hosseini
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari - as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named - is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of shoes for a feather for her treasured collection. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their heads touching, their limbs tangled. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. Pari and Abdullah have no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart; sometimes a finger must be cut to save the hand. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, with profound wisdom, depth, insight and compassion, Khaled Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives, the ways in which we help our loved ones in need, how the choices we make resonate through history and how we are often surprised by the people closest to us.
Sea Prayer
Khaled Hosseini
A short, powerful, illustrated book written by Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city's swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone. Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi's, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel
Khaled Hosseini
The perennial bestseller-now available as a sensational new graphic novel.
Since its publication in 2003, nearly 7 million readers have discovered The Kite Runner. Through Khaled Hosseini's brilliant writing, a previously unknown part of the world was brought to vivid life for readers. Now, in this beautifully illustrated graphic novel adaptation, Hosseini brings his compelling story to a new generation of readers.
Бегущий за ветром
Khaled Hosseini
Ошеломляющий дебютный роман, который уже называют главным романом нового века, а его автора - живым классиком. "Бегущий за ветром" - проникновенная, пробирающая до самого нутра история о дружбе и верности, о предательстве и искуплении. Нежный, тонкий, ироничный и по-хорошему сентиментальный, роман Халеда Хоссейни напоминает живописное полотно, которое можно разглядывать бесконечно.
Амира и Хасана разделяла пропасть. Один принадлежал к местной аристократии, другой - к презираемому меньшинству. У одного отец был красив и важен, у другого - хром и жалок. Один был запойным читателем, другой - неграмотным. Заячью губу Хасана видели все, уродливые же шрамы Амира были скрыты глубоко внутри. Но не найти людей ближе, чем эти два мальчика. Их история разворачивается на фоне кабульской идиллии, которая вскоре сменится грозными бурями. Мальчики - словно два бумажных змея, которые подхватила эта буря и разметала в разные стороны. У каждого своя судьба, своя трагедия, но они, как и в детстве, связаны прочнейшими узами.
Роман стал одним из самых ярких явлений в мировой литературе последних лет. В названии своей книги писатель вспоминает традиционную забаву афганских мальчишек - сражения бумажных змеев. Победить соперников и остаться в одиночестве парить в бездонном синем небе - настоящее детское счастье. Ты бежишь за змеем и ветром, как бежишь за своей судьбой, пытаясь поймать ее. Но поймает она тебя.
Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
SIGNED! Khaled Hosseini - The Kite Runner (Hardcover) The New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies. A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.
Tausend strahlende Sonnen
Khaled Hosseini
Mariam ist fünfzehn, als sie aus der Provinz nach Kabul geschickt und mit dem dreißig Jahre älteren Schuhmacher Raschid verheiratet wird. Jahre später erlebt Laila, ein Mädchen aus der Nachbarschaft, ein ähnliches Schicksal. Als ihre Familie bei einem Bombenangriff ums Leben kommt, wird sie Raschids Zweitfrau. Nach anfänglichem Misstrauen werden Mariam und Laila zu engen Freundinnen. Gemeinsam wehren sie sich gegen Raschids Brutalität und planen die Flucht…
Vânătorii de zmeie
Khaled Hosseini
Il cacciatore di aquiloni
Khaled Hosseini
Și munții au ecou
Khaled Hosseini
Splendida cetate a celor o mie de sori
Khaled Hosseini
Mil soles espléndidos
Khaled Hosseini
Y las montañas hablaron
Khaled Hosseini
Cometas en el cielo
Khaled Hosseini
Duizend schitterende zonnen
Khaled Hosseini
Drachenläufer
Khaled Hosseini
Lovac na zmajeve
Khaled Hosseini
O Caçador de Pipas
Khaled Hosseini
O caçador de pipas é considerado um dos maiores sucessos da literatura mundial dos últimos tempos. Este romance conta a história da amizade de Amir e Hassan, dois meninos quase da mesma idade, que vivem vidas muito diferentes no Afeganistão da década de 1970. Amir é rico e bem-nascido, um pouco covarde, e sempre em busca da aprovação de seu próprio pai. Hassan, que não sabe ler nem escrever, é conhecido por coragem e bondade. Os dois, no entanto, são loucos por histórias antigas de grandes guerreiros, filmes de caubói americanos e pipas. E é justamente durante um campeonato de pipas, no inverno de 1975, que Hassan dá a Amir a chance de ser um grande homem, mas ele não enxerga sua redenção. Após desperdiçar a última chance, Amir vai para os Estados Unidos, fugindo da invasão soviética ao Afeganistão, mas vinte anos depois Hassan e a pipa azul o fazem voltar à sua terra natal para acertar contas com o passado.
Mille splendidi soli
Khaled Hosseini
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter.
With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction.
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.
Tusen strålende soler
Khaled Hosseini
Mariam er bare femten år gammel da hun blir sendt til Kabul for å gifte seg med en mann som er tretti år eldre enn henne. Nesten tjue år senere rammer tragedien femten år gamle Laila, som også blir en del av Mariams ulykkelige familie. Med tiden utvikler de et vennskap som blir like sterkt som mellom mor og datter. Taliban tar over styret i Afghanistan, og kvinnene blir utsatt for større prøvelser enn de noen gang har kunnet forestille seg, men det viser seg at kjærligheten gir uventet styrke.
Drageløperen
Khaled Hosseini
Tolv år gamle Amir ønsker av hele sitt hjerte å vinne den årlige drageturneringen og dermed sin fars anerkjennelse. Den alltid så trofaste vennen Hassan lover å hjelpe Amir. Han er tjenerens sønn og tilhører en diskriminert folkegruppe, mens Amir er en privilegert gutt fra en velstående pashtunerfamilie. Likevel misunner Amir Hassans naturlige mot og ikke minst plassen i farens hjerte. Hassan og Amir er begge morløse, de har vokst opp sammen og utgjør et formidabelt par dragekjempere. Dette året, vinteren 1975, kan den prestisjetunge seieren i drageturneringen være innen rekkevidde.
Men noe forferdelig skjer på turneringsdagen, og Amir gjør valg som gjør at han mister sin beste venn.
Etter den sovjetiske invasjonen flykter Amir og faren til USA, og først mange år etter vender Amir tilbake til et krigsherjet og talibanstyrt Afghanistan. Kanskje er dette hans sjanse til å gjøre opp for seg.
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what would happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to an Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
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