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The Kite Runner

A 2003 novel by Khaled Hosseini.

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Depressing, yet inspirational

Jun 15, 2010

by ldelynko
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An inspirational novel that truly captures the spirit of a boy growing up in war torn Afghanistan. The author makes it easy to understand the traditions and lifestyle of the countrymen, while expressing the dangerous, exciting journey of one young Afghan. The emotions of the protagonist and supporting characters can be felt through the words on the pages. The movie doesn't do as great of a job portraying the beauty of the culture because it focuses too much on the details of the majority of the boy's life. I recommend reading the book before seeing the movie.

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The Kite Runner is a novel by the author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing plc, it is Hosseini's first novel, and was adapted into a film of the same name in 2007.

The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir, a young boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who betrayed his best friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant, and lives in regret. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the rise of the Taliban regime.

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