Rank 38 of 100
The Kite Runner
Synopsis
Amir grows up in Kabul with a servant’s son who is braver in a kite tournament than Amir can stand to be. A betrayal in an alley follows him into exile in California. Hosseini’s novel is about whether a grown man can walk back toward a harm he chose as a boy.
Synopses are original catalog copy written for Every Book Ever, not publisher blurbs.
Catalogue card
- Year
- 2003
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Form
- Novel
- Genre
- Historical, Literary
- Audience
- Adult
- Era
- Since 2000
- Movement
- Contemporary
- Series
- —
- Length
- About 371 pages
- Reported copies
- Over 30 million copies
- Kind
- Fiction