num_pages: 12
description: 1970s Afghanistan: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what would happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to an Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
language: English
title: The Kite Runner
titlecomplete: The Kite Runner
characters: Hassan (The Kite Runner), Baba (The Kite Runner), Farid (The Kite Runner), Assef, Soraya Taheri, Sohrab (The Kite Runner), Amir (The Kite Runner), Rahim Khan
genres: Fiction, Historical, School, Literature, Adult, Classics, Novels, Contemporary, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 3028247
places: Fremont, California, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kabul
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Borders Original Voices Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Humo's Gouden Bladwijzer, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: ALA Alex Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Puddly Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Lincoln Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: LovelyBooks Leserpreis
category: Allgemeine Literatur
publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio