The Kite Runner
By Khaled Hosseini
Categories: Literature & Fiction
The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini's first novel, published in 2003. In 1970s Kabul, Amir, the son of a wealthy man, grows up alongside Hassan, a Hazara boy who is the son of his father's servant, and the two spend their days fighting kites. Amir longs for his father's approval, and Hassan is his loyal friend and kite runner. Set against the fall of Afghanistan's monarchy, the Soviet war and the rise of the Taliban, the novel explores guilt, fathers and sons, and redemption.
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