num_pages: 394
description: Amir is the son of a wealthy Kabul merchant, a member of the ruling caste of Pashtuns. Hassan, his servant and constant companion, is a Hazara, a despised and impoverished caste. Their uncommon bond is torn by Amir's choice to abandon his friend amidst the increasing ethnic, religious, and political tensions of the dying years of the Afghan monarchy, and apparently dissolved when Amir and his father flee to California to escape the Soviet invasion, leaving Hassan and his own gentle father to a terrible fate.But years later, an old family friend calls Amir from Pakistan and reminds him: "There is a way to be good again." And Amir journeys back to a distant world to try to right past wrongs against the only true friend he ever had.--back cover
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: 3028204
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: Anchor Canada