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He lives in northern California, where he is a physician. The Kite Runner is his first novel.  \nKHALED HOSSEINI  \nTHE KITE RUNNER  \nRIVERHEAD BOOKS NEW YORK  \nThis is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author ’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.  \nRiverhead Books  \nPublished by The Berkley Publishing Group  \nA division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc.  \n375 Hudson Street  \nNew York, New York 10014  \nCopyright © 2003 by Khaled Hosseini  \nReaders Guide copyright © 2005 Penguin Group (USA) Inc.  \nCover design and imaging by Honi Werner  \nTitle page illustration by Honi Werner  \nAll rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof, may not be reproduced in any form without permission.  \nThe scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized editions, and do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials.  \nYour support of the author ’s rights is appreciated.  \nThe Library of Congress has catalogued the Riverhead hardcover edition as follows:  \nHosseini, Khaled.  \nThe kite runner / Khaled Hosseini.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).  \nISBN: 978-1-1012-1723-8  \n1. Kåbol (Afghanistan)—Fiction. 2. Male friendship—Fiction. 3. Social classes—Fiction. 4. Afghanistan  \n—Fiction. 5. Betrayal—Fiction. 6. Boys—Fiction. I. Title.  \nPS3608.O525K58 2003 2003043106  \n813' . 6—dc21  \nThis book is dedicated to Haris and Farah, both the noor of my eyes, and to the children of Afghanistan.  \nContents  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nCHAPTER ONE  \nCHAPTER TWO  \nCHAPTER THREE  \nCHAPTER FOUR  \nCHAPTER FIVE  \nCHAPTER SIX  \nCHAPTER SEVEN  \nCHAPTER EIGHT  \nCHAPTER NINE  \nCHAPTER TEN  \nCHAPTER ELEVEN  \nCHAPTER TWELVE  \nCHAPTER THIRTEEN  \nCHAPTER FOURTEEN  \nCHAPTER FIFTEEN  \nCHAPTER SIXTEEN  \nCHAPTER SEVENTEEN  \nCHAPTER EIGHTEEN  \nCHAPTER NINETEEN  \nCHAPTER TWENTY  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-ONE  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-TWO  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-THREE CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR  \nCHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nI am indebted to the following colleagues for their advice, assistance, or support: Dr. Alfred Lerner, Dori Vakis, Robin Heck, Dr. Todd Dray, Dr. Robert Tull, and Dr. Sandy Chun. Thanks also to Lynette Parker of East San Jose Community Law Center for her advice about adoption procedures, and to Mr. Daoud Wahab for sharing his experiences in Afghanistan with me. I am grateful to my dear friend Tamim Ansary for his guidance and support and to the gang at the San Francisco Writers Workshop for their feedback and encouragement. I want to thank my father, my oldest friend and the inspiration for all that is noble in Baba; my mother who prayed for me and did nazr at every stage of this book’s writing; my aunt for buying me books when I was young. Thanks go out to Ali, Sandy, Daoud, Walid, Raya, Shalla, Zahra, Rob, and Kader for reading my stories. I want to thank Dr. and Mrs. Kayoumy—my other parents—for their warmth and unwavering support.  \nI must thank my agent and friend, Elaine Koster, for her wisdom, patience, and gracious ways, as well as Cindy Spiegel, my keen-eyed and judicious editor who helped me unlock so many doors in this tale. And I would like to thank Susan Petersen Kennedy for taking a chance on this book and the hardworking staff at Riverhead for laboring over it.  \nLast, I don’t know how to thank my lovely wife, Roya—to whose opinion I am addicted—for her kindness and grace, and for reading, re-reading, and helping me edit every single draft of this novel. Foryour patience and understanding, I will always love you, Roya jan.  \nTHE KITE RUNNER  \nONE  \nDecember 2001  \nI became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frig","cbCaisKVe6xyMP1I","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisKVe6xyMP1I","pdf",1563896,347,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgments\n## Chapter One\n## Chapter Two\n## Chapter Three\n## Chapter Four\n## Chapter Five\n## Chapter Six\n## Chapter Seven\n## Chapter Eight\n## Chapter Nine\n## Chapter Ten\n## Chapter Eleven\n## Chapter Twelve\n## Chapter Thirteen\n## Chapter Fourteen\n## Chapter Fifteen\n## Chapter Sixteen\n## Chapter Seventeen\n## Chapter Eighteen\n## Chapter Nineteen\n## Chapter Twenty\n## Chapter Twenty-One\n## Chapter Twenty-Two\n## Chapter Twenty-Three\n## Chapter Twenty-Four\n## Chapter Twenty-Five","[{\"question\":\"Who is the author of The Kite Runner and what is the book described as?\",\"answer\":\"The book is by Khaled Hosseini and is explicitly described as a work of fiction.\"},{\"question\":\"What key event sets the narrator’s journey in motion?\",\"answer\":\"A call from Rahim Khan prompts the narrator to meet him, triggering confrontation with past sins.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the novel’s timeline hinge on?\",\"answer\":\"The narrative is framed by the narrator’s reflections in December 2001 and memories from when he was twelve in the winter of 1975.\"}]","The Kite Runner - Fiction Novel | PDF",1789948457,534]