World Literature Book Club

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini

Join us for a discussion of international best selling classic The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. Copies will be available one month in advance at the Public Services desk.

Afghan-American writer Khaled Hosseini's international best-seller The Kite Runner, published in 2003, tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two boys, Amir, a wealthy upper class Pashtun, and Hassan, the son of his father's servant, a Hazara, caught in the tragic sweep of history. Hosseini's novel transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense and crucial time in the country's history when political, religious, and ideological turmoil followed by war rip people's lives apart with long lasting and destructive outcomes. The Kite Runner is about the power of friendship, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption, as it explores friendship, loyalty, and father-son relationships. Limited to 15 people. 

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