Khaled Hosseini

For all the readers who have read 'Kite Runner' and loved Khaled's work...

The son of an Afghan diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States, Hosseini combines the unflinching realism of a war correspondent with the satisfying emotional pull of master storytellers such as Rohinton Mistry. Like the kite that is...more »

For all the readers who have read 'Kite Runner' and loved Khaled's work...

The son of an Afghan diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States, Hosseini combines the unflinching realism of a war correspondent with the satisfying emotional pull of master storytellers such as Rohinton Mistry. Like the kite that is its central image, the story line of this mesmerizing first novel occasionally dips and seems almost to dive to the ground. But Hosseini ultimately keeps everything airborne until his heartrending conclusion



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