The Hosseinis were granted political asylum in the United States, where young Khaled flourished academically. In 1976, the Hosseini family moved to Paris, France for a diplomatic post, but the communist coup and the Soviet invasion prevented the family from returning to its homeland. Khaled Hosseini was born in 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan, the eldest of five children. If you liked The Kite Runner, you might like: Many years later, a call from his father’s old partner causes Amir to journey back to a changed Afghanistan and deal with his past relationship with Hassan.Ĭlick here for our The Kite Runner resource guide (PDF). As real-life political events unfold, Amir and his father must abandon their home and move to California to begin again. The two friends are inseparable until a fateful kite-fighting contest. His best friend, Hassan, is Hazara, a lower class minority in Afghanistan. Amir, the son of a prominent Kabul businessman and philanthropist, narrates the story. Set in Afghanistan and America, the novel spans three decades, providing glimpses into the little-known Afghan history and culture. The Kite Runner is a story about the relationship between two boys with different social statuses and the complicated relationship between a father and son. " It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime." - Baba, The Kite Runner
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