Khaled Hosseini's The kite runner / edited & with an introduction by Harold Bloom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bloom, Harold.

Series:

Bloom's guides

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hosseini, Khaled. Kite runner.

Hosseini, Khaled.

Afghanistan--In literature.

Afghanistan.

Physical Description:

91 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Bloom's Literary Criticism, [2009]

Summary:

Edited and introduced by Yale University professor and distinguished literary critic Harold Bloom, Bloom's Guides is a collection of comprehensive study guides for both students and adults. Emphasizing summary and analysis, these guides are designed to provide the necessary materials with which readers can gain a better understanding of the most widely read works in Western literature.

Key Features

Introductions by renowned critic Harold Bloom consider each work and its significance.

Brief biographical sketches offer insight into each author's life.

"The Story Behind the Story" details the circumstances surrounding the inception and development of the work.

Summaries with analysis review and explain key points of each work.

Selections from critical essays written by leading scholars provide accessible explorations of the work.

Annotated bibliographies direct readers to additional materials on the subject and explain the importance of each.

Essential for any student of literature looking to enhance his or her reading experience, Bloom's Guides are highly useful for test preparation, independent scholarship, or book group discussions.

Contents:

David Kipen predicts an updraft

Edward Hower on fierce cruelty and love

Loyal Miles on the context for the examination of self

Arley Loewen on redemption

Mir Hekmatullah Sadat on Husseini's unveiling of Afghanistan

Ronny Noor on some of the novel's limitations

Meghan O'Rourke looks for middle ground

Judi Slayden Hayes on visions of time

Fatemeh Keshavarz on "new Orientalism"

Shafiq Shamel on the novel's solution.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-82) and index.

ISBN:

9781604131994

1604131993

OCLC:

241305039