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The fast-paced play depicts most of what happens in the book. [3] As in the book, The Kite Runner is narrated by Amir, who is obsessed with an "unatoned sin" he committed as a well-off child in 1970s Kabul: Amir betrayed his childhood friend, servant, and kite running partner Hassan when Amir's cowardice, and his desperate need to please his father, cause him to abandon Hassan in the face of a ...
The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. [1] Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books , it tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul .
[1] [2] 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. [3]
A Thousand Splendid Suns is a 2007 novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini, following the huge success of his bestselling 2003 debut The Kite Runner.Mariam, an illegitimate teenager from Herat, is forced to marry a shoemaker from Kabul after a family tragedy.
The Kite Runner is a 2007 American drama film directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by David Benioff and based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Khaled Hosseini. It tells the story of Amir ( Ebrahimi ) a well-to-do boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul who is tormented by the guilt of abandoning his friend Hassan ( Mahmoodzada ).
Kite runner may refer to: Kite running, the practice of chasing kites that have been cut loose in kite fighting; The Kite Runner, a 2003 novel by Khaled Hosseini; The Kite Runner (film), a 2007 film based on Hosseini's novel; Kite Runner (play), a stage play based on Hosseini's novel; Nickname for Aquilonifer, genus of arthropods
Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada (Persian: احمد خان محمودزاده; born 23 December 1997) [1] is an Afghan former child actor. He played the role of Hassan, the loyal friend and servant of the richer boy Amir, in the film The Kite Runner (2007). In one scene, Hassan is attacked and it is suggested that he is raped.
The_Kite_Runner_(film)#Plot refers for the plot to The_Kite_Runner#Plot, so I edited the latter based on the film. If necessary we can copy the plot to the film article so that we can edit both independently.--Patrick 12:15, 6 January 2008 (UTC) I copied the plot to the film article and adapted it there.--