HOSSEINI, KHALED
Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting toumament, to prove that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him? for he always helps Amir? but this is 1970s Afghanistan and Hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although Amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was 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 find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
Khaled Hosseini és un dels autors més llegits i estimats de tot el món. De les seves novel·les El caçador d?estels (2003) i Mil sols esplèndids (2007) se n?han venut més de 38 milions d?exemplars en 70 països. Hosseini és també ambaixador de bona voluntat per l?Alt Comissionat de les Nacions Unides per als Refugiats i el fundador de The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, que promou l?ajuda humanitària als afganesos. Sis anys despres torna Khaled Hosseini, amb una novel.la emotiva i inoblidable que de nou toca els sentiments mes purs.