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THE KITE RUNNER

Author's Biography

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign Ministry. The Afghan Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then Afghanistan had already witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States. And he began writing his first novel, The Kite Runner, in March of 2001. In 2003, The Kite Runner, was published and has since become an international bestseller, published in 38 countries

Main Themes :

The main themes of this book are:
-Friendship
-Betrayal
-Redemption


Main Characters:

The main characters in this novel are:

Amir: Amir is the son of a wealthy businessman, a Sunni Muslim, and he's educated and reads voraciously. He is neglected by his father because he isn't a sport fan and because he doesn't......

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Approximate Word Count: 428
Approximate Pages: 2 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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