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    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"
    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"
    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"
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    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"

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    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Literary News For Students.This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Literary News For Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 27, 2015
    ISBN9781535826822
    A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner"

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      A Study Guide for Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner" - Gale

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      The Kite Runner

      KHALED HOSSEINI

      2003

      INTRODUCTION

      The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini was published in 2003. Initially published by Riverhead Books, an imprint of Penguin, The Kite Runner was said to be the first novel written in English by an Afghan writer, and the book appeared on many book club reading lists. The novel is set in Afghanistan from the late 1970s to 1981 and the start of the Soviet occupation, then in the Afghan community in Fremont, California from the 1980s to the early 2000s, and finally in contemporary Afghanistan during the Taliban regime.

      The Kite Runner is the story of

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