The#1NewYorkTimesbestsellingnovelbelovedbymillionsofreaderstheworldover.“Avividandengagingstorythatremindsushowlonghispeople[ofAfghanistan]havebeenstrugglingtotriumphovertheforcesofviolence--forcesthatcontinuetothreatenthemeventoday.“-NewYorkTimesBookReviewTheunforgettable,heartbreakingstoryoftheunlikelyfriendshipbetweenawealthyboyandthesonofhisfather’sservant,caughtinthetragicsweepofhistory,TheKiteRunnertransportsreaderstoAfghanistanatatenseandcrucialmomentofchangeanddestruction.Apowerfulstoryoffriendship,itisalsoaboutthepowerofreading,thepriceofbetrayal,andthepossibilityofredemption;andanexplorationofthepoweroffathersoversons--theirlove,theirsacrifices,theirlies.Sinceitspublicationin2003KiteRunnerhasbecomeabeloved,one-of-a-kindclassicofcontemporaryliterature,touchingmillionsofreaders,andlaunchingthecareerofoneofAmerica’smosttreasuredwriters.
