The Kite Runner.

324 pages

English language

Published Jan. 23, 2003 by Riverhead Books.

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The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic. ([source][1])

[1]: khaledhosseini.com/books/the-kite-runner/

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It was an okay book, and read pretty well while it was in Afghanistan. Once the protagonist got to America, it got all whiny and spineless. I thought the "displaced Persian" thing was much better done in "House of Sand and Fog".

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Subjects

  • Male friendship -- Fiction
  • Social classes -- Fiction
  • Betrayal -- Fiction
  • Boys -- Fiction
  • Kābol (Afghanistan) -- Fiction
  • Afghanistan -- Fiction