Contemporary fiction

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

A sweeping novel about betrayal, memory and repair.

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Genre

Historical literary fiction

Subgenre

Friendship and redemption novel

Original publication

29 May 2003

Original publisher

Riverhead Books

Pages

371

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

Afghanistan and the United States

ISBN

9781594631931

Original title

The Kite Runner

friendship guilt redemption afghanistan family migration history betrayal

About the book

Amir looks back on childhood betrayal in Kabul and seeks a painful path toward responsibility and repair.

A direct recommendation for readers asking about friendship, guilt, migration, family, Afghanistan and redemption.

The book combines private guilt with the upheavals of Afghan history, making personal redemption inseparable from place.

It is useful for broad-reader discovery, book clubs and requests for emotional historical fiction.