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Les cerfs-volants de Kaboul
De Kaboul à San Francisco, des années 70 à nos jours, une déchirante histoire d'amitié et de trahison, avec, en arrière-plan, la chronique tourmentée d'un pays dévasté : l'Afghanistan.
Au début des années 70, Amir et Hassan, frères de lait, embrasent le ciel de Kaboul de leurs cerfs-volants. Jusqu'à ce jour, terrible, où Amir abandonne Hassan à un sort tragique et se réfugie aux États-Unis. Vingt ans plus tard, en quête de rédemption, il devra affronter l'Afghanistan ravagé sous le joug des talibans... et le poids de son propre passé.
« Portrait d'un homme en proie à son passé, ce premier roman de Khaled Hosseini dit aussi l'histoire d'un peuple. [...] Le tableau qu'il dresse [de son pays], tout de contraste entre un passé idéalisé et la tourmente du présent, offre un très beau témoignage sur ce lien viscéral qu'entretient un homme avec sa terre natale. »
Pauline Perrignon - Télérama
Prix des lectrices de Elle 2006
Prix RFI-Témoin du monde 2006
Au début des années 70, Amir et Hassan, frères de lait, embrasent le ciel de Kaboul de leurs cerfs-volants. Jusqu'à ce jour, terrible, où Amir abandonne Hassan à un sort tragique et se réfugie aux États-Unis. Vingt ans plus tard, en quête de rédemption, il devra affronter l'Afghanistan ravagé sous le joug des talibans... et le poids de son propre passé.
« Portrait d'un homme en proie à son passé, ce premier roman de Khaled Hosseini dit aussi l'histoire d'un peuple. [...] Le tableau qu'il dresse [de son pays], tout de contraste entre un passé idéalisé et la tourmente du présent, offre un très beau témoignage sur ce lien viscéral qu'entretient un homme avec sa terre natale. »
Pauline Perrignon - Télérama
Prix des lectrices de Elle 2006
Prix RFI-Témoin du monde 2006
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About the author
Khaled Hosseini
32 books161k followersHosseini 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).
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).
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December 10, 2025
Me encanto el libro es una historia triste que habla de la guerra pero al mismo tiempo muy bonita
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