The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Jun 2003 · Simon and Schuster · Narrated by Khaled Hosseini

About this audiobook

A Stunning Novel of Hope and Redemption

Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse, Amir and Hassan grow up in different worlds: Amir is the son of a prominent and wealthy man, while Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant, is a Hazara -- a shunned ethnic minority. Their intertwined lives, and their fates, reflect the eventual tragedy of the world around them. When Amir and his father flee the country for a new life in California, Amir thinks that he has escaped his past. And yet he cannot leave the memory of Hassan behind him.

The Kite Runner is a novel about friendship and betrayal, and about the price of loyalty. It is about the bonds between fathers and sons, and the power of fathers over sons -- their love, their sacrifices, and their lies. Written against a backdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, The Kite Runner describes the rich culture and beauty of a land in the process of being destroyed. But through the devastation, Khaled Hosseini offers hope: through the novel's faith in the power of reading and storytelling, and in the possibilities he shows us for redemption.

Ratings and reviews

A great novel. Really good idea to stress on the Farsi when relevant. The changing of the narrator's perception of each incident both from an adult perspective and from the perspective of an younger self is brilliantly done. The tale itself bravely looks at reality of the state of affairs in Afghanistan and confronts it head on with what a country thai has upheld the Declaration Of Independence has offered it's citizens. No matter what the fraternity between all humans will win over the fraternity tied by any earthly notion, damn it got carried away. it's a highly recommend listen. Thank you for the audio book because I'm no state of mind to read a book that's over 11 hours of audio.

Gripping. Little lamb, I wanted to lift him from the pages of the book taking him from that crapfest so he'd be spared that desecration. His friend attempts a well intended guilt trip much later on; white collared and aloof, You knowing he is in search of something beyond your benevolance; yet you dispense a salutary beniction - aware it being entirely without your

Found myself holding my breath, gasping... several tears slipping out. Such a moving story told with the finesse and nuance of a poet.

About the author

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the United States in 1980. His first novel, The Kite Runner, was an international bestseller, published in forty countries. In 2006 he was named a U.S. envoy to UNHCR, The United Nations Refugee Agency. He lives in northern California.