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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 .
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 ).
The Kite Runner is a stage adaption of Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini's 2003 book The Kite Runner. Aside from sharing the 2003 book as a source, it is unrelated to the 2007 film The Kite Runner. The play was adapted for the stage by Matthew Spangler and premiered at San Jose Repertory Theatre in 2009.
The Kite Runner spent 101 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, including three weeks at number one. [7] His second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007), spent 103 weeks on the chart, including 15 at number one [ 8 ] [ 9 ] while his third novel, And the Mountains Echoed (2013), remained on the chart for 33 weeks.
He wrote his first novel, The Kite Runner, in 2003 and became a full-time writer a year and a half later. He published his second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns , in 2007. Both novels were successful, and by the time of his third publication they had together sold over 38 million copies across 70 countries.
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.
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