# The Kite Runner, Vol. 1

By **Khaled Hosseini**

- ISBN-13: 9781526604743
- Series: [Untitled](https://mybookbandits.com/series/untitled-81)
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- Pages: 343
- Published: 1 Jan 2018
- Language: en
- Price: £18.00 (new)
- Categories: Fiction, Middle East, friendship, Coming of age, Performing Arts, Social Science, World Literature, Emigration & Immigration, Theater, Playwriting

## About this book

Khaled Hosseini’s debut novel, The Kite Runner, unfolds against the backdrop of a divided Afghanistan on the brink of war. Amir, a privileged boy, and Hassan, his loyal servant, share a deep friendship in 1970s Kabul, bound by the thrill of kite-fighting tournaments. A single afternoon’s devastating betrayal witnessed by Amir on a frigid winter day in 1975 severs that bond, casting a shadow he cannot escape for decades.

Haunted by guilt, Amir and his father flee to America, seeking to bury the past. A phone call eventually forces him back to a Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, where confronting old demons becomes the only path to atonement. This standout work of world literature and a resonant coming-of-age story examines the weight of cowardice, the ache of fractured friendship, and the possibility of redemption across generations and continents.

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