The Kite Runner (novel)

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The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini’s bestselling debut novel that explores friendship, betrayal, and redemption against the backdrop of Afghanistan’s turbulent recent history.

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instanceOf debut novel
novel
adaptedAs The Kite Runner (film)
The Kite Runner (stage play)
author Khaled Hosseini
bestsellerStatus international bestseller
countryOfFirstPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre bildungsroman
drama
historical fiction
hasCharacter Ali
Baba
Hassan
Rahim Khan
Sohrab
hasMediaType audiobook
e-book
print
hasProtagonist Amir
historicalContext Afghan Civil War
surface form: Afghan civil war

Soviet–Afghan War
surface form: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

fall of the Afghan monarchy
rise of the Taliban
languageStyle contemporary prose
mainTheme betrayal
class and social inequality
ethnic tension
father–son relationships
friendship
guilt
immigration and exile
redemption
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Amir
notableFor depiction of modern Afghan history
exploration of personal and collective guilt
portrayal of Pashtun–Hazara relations
originalLanguage English
publicationDate 2003
publisher Riverhead Books
setting Afghanistan
California, United States
surface form: California

Kabul
United States of America
surface form: United States
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriod 1970s
1980s
1990s
early 21st century

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