by Khaled Hosseini · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780747594888
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«The Kite Runner» is the contemporary novel by Khaled Hosseini, published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in paperback (352 pages, in English).
Set in Afghanistan in the 1970s, it tells of the friendship between Amir, a wealthy boy from Kabul, and Hassan, the son of his father's servant. After an act of betrayal at a kite-fighting tournament, their lives diverge. With the Soviet invasion, Amir emigrates to the United States; years later he returns to a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan in search of redemption.
This 2007 edition is tied to the movie's release. The novel, originally published in 2003, is Khaled Hosseini's first and received the ALA Alex Award in 2004.
For book clubs and readers of contemporary fiction with an interest in Afghanistan's historical background.
Khaled Hosseini or Khalid Husseini is an Afghan and American novelist, UNHCR goodwill ambassador, and former physician. His debut novel The Kite Runner (2003) was a critical and commercial success; the book and his subsequent novels have all been at least partially set in Afghanistan and have featured an Afghan as the protagonist. Hosseini's novels have spread awareness about Afghanistan's people and culture.
