The Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini | Novel

Afghanistan in the seventies of the last century: Amir, a boy twelve years old, strongly desires to win the local kite flying competition, and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But what happened to Hassan after that day will destroy their lives... After the Soviet invasion and Amir and his father being forced to flee to the United States of America, Amir realizes that he must return someday, find the one thing his new world cannot give him: redemption. Eight million copies of "The Kite Runner" have been sold worldwide since its publication in 2003.