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. 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.
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