He lives in San Francisco with his wife and children. A graduate of Santa Clara University and the University of San Diego School of Medicine, Hosseini was practicing internest until the international publishing success of The Kite Runner changed his path.

The Hosseinis were granted political asylum in the United States, where young Khaled flourished academically. In 1976, the Hosseini family moved to Paris, France for a diplomatic post, but the communist coup and the Soviet invasion prevented the family from returning to its homeland. Khaled Hosseini was born in 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan, the eldest of five children. If you liked The Kite Runner, you might like: Many years later, a call from his father’s old partner causes Amir to journey back to a changed Afghanistan and deal with his past relationship with Hassan.Ĭlick here for our The Kite Runner resource guide (PDF). As real-life political events unfold, Amir and his father must abandon their home and move to California to begin again. a sightless sixteen-year-old named Marie-Laure LeBlanc kneels over a low table covered en. The two friends are inseparable until a fateful kite-fighting contest. We found 2568 book recommendations similar to The Kite Runner.

His best friend, Hassan, is Hazara, a lower class minority in Afghanistan. Amir, the son of a prominent Kabul businessman and philanthropist, narrates the story. Set in Afghanistan and America, the novel spans three decades, providing glimpses into the little-known Afghan history and culture. The Kite Runner is a story about the relationship between two boys with different social statuses and the complicated relationship between a father and son. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.' It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime.' - Baba, The Kite Runner The book, The Kite Runner ISBN# 9781594631931 in Paperback by Hosseini, Khaled may be ordered in bulk quantities. 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.Ī 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. 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. The 10th anniversary edition of the New York Times bestseller and international classic loved by millions of readers.

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