About The Book
A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Kite Runner, published as part ofthe Bloomsbury Modern Classics listThe first of the defeated kites whirled out of control. They fell from the sky like shootingstars with brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighbourhood.Amir and Hassan grow up together in Kabul. Amir in the beautiful house his father built,filled with marble, gold, tapestries and mosaics; Hassan in the modest mud hut in theservants' quarters.
The two are inseparable, and when twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the localkite-fighting tournament, his loyal friend promises to help him. But neither boy canpredict what will happen to Hassan that afternoon-as the kites soar over the city-andhow it will change their lives forever.
About The Author
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world, withover thirty eight million copies of his books sold in more than seventy countries. The KiteRunner was a major film and was a Book of the Decade, chosen by The Times, DailyTelegraph and Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy BestRead of the Year in 2008. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency and the founder of The KhaledHosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarianassistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives innorthern California.