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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 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 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 by Khaled Hosseini. I was actually listening to it and drove 75 miles past my exit. …made me weep uncontrollably: Waking the Dead by Scott Spencer. I read the book after facing a ...
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.
Khaled Hosseini’s 2003 bestselling novel The Kite Runner is the sort of compelling, epic morality tale that spans eras and cultures, depicts friendship and betrayal, loyalty and cowardice, acts ...
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
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