Originally published: May 29, 2003
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Genres: Novel, Drama, Bildungsroman, and more
Characters: Assef, Rahim Khan, Sanaubar, and more
Sequel: A Thousand Splendid Suns
Cover artist: Honi Werner
Dewey Decimal: 813/.6 21
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_There is a way to be good again._ I looked up at those twin kites. I thought about Hassan. Thought about Baba. Ali. Kabul. I thought of the life I ...
The story jumps to March 1981. Baba and Amir are in the back of a truck as they escape from Kabul, which was invaded by the Soviets and has become a war-zone.
It tells the story of Amir, a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan.
The Kite Runner, written by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini and published in 2003, is a powerful and emotionally charged novel that explores themes ...