The report “kind of struck a personal chord for me, because as a boy I grew up in Kabul with all my cousins and friends flying kites,” he told RadioFreeEurope. In 1999, Hosseini was watching the news when he saw a story about the Taliban banning kite flying in Afghanistan. The Kite Runner started as a short story inspired by news reports. Here’s what you should know about Khaled Hosseni’s debut novel-which was also the first novel written in English by an Afghan author. It was also challenged after its release for offensive language and scenes depicting sexual abuse. The book, published in 2003, became a New York Times best-seller it has since been published in 40 languages and sold over 8 million copies.
After Hassan finds the second-place kite, some cruel boys find Hassan, and Amir witnesses something that affects his self-worth and his life path from that moment on.The Kite Runner is set in Afghanistan against a backdrop of the country’s tumultuous history-from the fall of the monarchy to the rise of the Taliban. When Amir wins a kite fight, Hassan runs to catch the last kite that Amir beat. However, when it's just the two of them, they play together often, frequently running kites - a sport where kite fighters try to cut each other's string, and boys run to catch the loose kites.
Baba gives Hassan a lot of attention, which makes Amir competitive for his father's affection when other Pashtun boys are around, Amir sets himself above Hassan, teasing him and shunning him. Amir's family members are Pashtuns, considered in their culture superior to Hazaras like Hassan and his father, Ali. Whereas Amir receives every advantage - a fine house, extravagant gifts on his birthday, and a good education - servile Hassan's illiterate and lives in a hut on the property of Amir's father, Baba. The son of a wealthy businessman, he grows up alongside Hassan, the son of his father's servant. In Khaled Hosseini's debut novel THE KITE RUNNER, Amir comes of age in 1970s Afghanistan.
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