Showing results by author "Khaled Hosseini"

Why we think it’s a great listen: Never before has an author’s narration of his fiction been so important to fully grasping the book’s impact and global implications. Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them.

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them, in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul, they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.

In this tale revolving around not just parents and children, but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most.

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of its monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys, Amir and Hassan, growing up in Kabul. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.

Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss, and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them, in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul, they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation.

Geschundene Seelen - Khaled Hosseini: Tausend strahlende Sonnen. Mariam und Laila werden auf ungewöhnliche Weise zu Freundinnen: Sie sind mit demselben Mann verheiratet, und beide nicht freiwillig. Sie wehren sich gemeinsam gegen die willkürliche Brutalität ihres Ehemanns Raschid.

Si dice che il tempo guarisca ogni ferita. Ma, per Amir, il passato è una bestia dai lunghi artigli, pronta a inseguirlo e a riacciuffarlo quando meno se lo aspetta. Sono trascorsi molti anni dal giorno in cui la vita del suo amico Hassan - il ragazzo dal viso di bambola, il cacciatore di aquiloni - è cambiata per sempre in un vicolo di Kabul. Quel giorno, Amir ha commesso una colpa terribile.

Děj románu "A hory odpověděly" je jako rozvětvený starý dub vyrůstající z prašné půdy afghánské vesničky Šádbágh. Je to příběh o těžkém životě, o tom, že někdy člověk musí useknout prst, aby zachránil ruku, ale ze všeho nejvíc je to příběh o lásce. O lásce mezi rodiči a dětmi, o lásce sourozenecké, o lásce, která má mnohem více podob a barev, než nám nabízí romantická klišé.

Finden wir uns, auch wenn das Schicksal unsere Wege auseinanderführt? Was passiert, wenn Beziehungen auseinanderbrechen, obwohl beide für ein Zusammensein kämpfen? Und wie schwierig ist es, angeknackste Beziehungen zu reparieren?

"Drachenläufer" ist die dramatische Geschichte einer Freundschaft, eine Geschichte von Liebe und Verrat, Trennung und Wiedergutmachung vor dem Hintergrund der jüngsten Vergangenheit Afghanistans.

Ce troisième roman de Khaled Hosseini raconte comment Abdullah, dix ans, indéfectiblement lié à sa petite sœur Pari, voit brusquement se rompre le lien qui les unit. Cet événement, choix terrible, pèsera sur toutes leurs vies. D'un village afghan en 1950 à Kaboul, en passant par Paris et le San Francisco des années 80, une quête bouleversante de l'âme sœur.

Sulla strada che dal piccolo villaggio di Shadbagh porta a Kabul, viaggiano un padre e due bambini. Sono a piedi e il loro unico mezzo di trasporto è un carretto rosso, su cui Sabur, il padre, ha caricato la figlia di tre anni, Pari. Sabur ha cercato in molti modi di rimandare a casa il figlio, Abdullah, senza riuscirci. Il legame tra i due fratelli è troppo forte perché il ragazzino si lasci scoraggiare.

Afghanistan 1975: Der zwölfjährige Amir will unbedingt einen Wettbewerb im Drachensteigen gewinnen, um seinem Vater seine Stärke zu beweisen. Dazu braucht er die Hilfe von Hassan. Trotz ihrer unterschiedlichen Herkunft verbindet die beiden Jungen eine innige Freundschaft. Bis am Tag des Wettkampfs diese von Amir auf schreckliche Weise verraten wird. Die Wege der beiden trennen sich, während das Land gleichzeitig seiner Zerstörung entgegengeht. Viele Jahre später kehrt der erwachsene Amir aus dem Ausland in seine Heimatstadt zurück, um seine Schuld zu tilgen.