15 Facts About Kite Runner

Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini.

Hosseini has commented that he considers The Kite Runner to be a father-son relationship story, emphasizing the familial aspects of the narrative, an element that he continued to use in his later works.

Kite Runner became a bestseller after being printed in paperback and was popularized in book clubs.

Kite Runner was motivated to write a 25-page short story about two boys who fly kites in Kabul.

Kite Runner rediscovered the manuscript in his garage in March 2001 and began to expand it to novel format at the suggestion of a friend.

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Kite Runner later divulged that he frequently came up with pieces of the plot by drawing pictures of it.

Originally published in English, The Kite Runner was later translated into 42 languages for publication in 38 countries.

Kite Runner makes a point of buying Hassan exactly the same things as Amir, to Amir's annoyance.

Kite Runner even pays to have Hassan's cleft lip surgically corrected.

Kite Runner knows that if he fails to bring home the kite, Baba would be less proud of him.

Kite Runner feels incredibly guilty but knows his cowardice would destroy any hopes for Baba's affections, so he keeps quiet about the incident.

Kite Runner is the son of a Pashtun father and a German mother, and believes that Pashtuns are superior to Hazaras, although he himself is not a full Pashtun.

In one way, the two novels are corollaries: The Kite Runner was a father-son story, and A Thousand Splendid Suns can be seen as a mother-daughter story.

Kite Runner's felt that Hosseini was too focused on fully redeeming the protagonist in Part III and in doing so created too many unrealistic coincidences that allowed Amir the opportunity to undo his past wrongs.

Kite Runner believed that the scene was necessary to "maintain the integrity" of the story, as a physical assault by itself would not have affected the audience as much.