The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner is a historical fiction novel. It is written and narrated by Khaled Hosseini. He is a bestselling Afghan-American author. He has written a few other worth novels and one of them is A Thousand Splendid Suns. On top of that, he was liked for his work in And the Mountains Echoed as well.
As the narrator of The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini gave a standout performance and everyone will like it without any issues.
This book is beautifully told an unforgettable story of a great friendship between two boys who grew up in Kabul, Afghanistan. They both were raised in the same household and they shared the same wet nurse as well. The names of those boys were Amir and Hassan, and they both grew up in different worlds.

Amir was the son of a wealthy and influential man while Hassan’s father was a servant and a Hazara, which was a shunned ethnic minority. Their fates and intertwined lives reflect the tragedy of the entire world around them eventually. When Amir fled the country along with his father for starting a new life in California then Amir thought that he had completely escaped his past life. Yet, he couldn’t leave behind the fond memories that he made with Hassan.

The Kite Runner is an excellent novel and for a debut title, it is quite powerful and commendable. It tells a great story of cruelty and redeeming love. It is more of a story of friendship and betrayal, and also about the price that one needs to pay for loyalty. Moreover, it is also a tale of strong bonds between fathers and sons.