![]() ![]() This fragile idyll is broken by the mounting ethnic, religious and political tensions that begin to divide Afghanistan further. Amir belongs to the ruling caste of Pashtuns, Hassan to the despised Hazaras. Amir’s father is a wealthy merchant Hassan’s father is his manservant. ![]() ![]() Both motherless, they grow up as close as brothers, but their fates are to be different. This past weekend in advance of Feltrinelli’s new publication, the prestigious Corriere della Sera, an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan, shared an excerpt of Khaled Hosseini’s new amazing foreword for the 20th anniversary edition, in an impressive 2-page piece spread, which you can see here:Īmir and Hassan are childhood friends in the alleys and orchards of Kabul in the sunny days before the invasion of the Soviet army and Afghanistan’s decent into fanaticism. Now with over 10 million copies sold worldwide THE KITE RUNNER is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a new Preface from the author and a stunning new Italian edition, which is the first of a slate of anticipated new 20th anniversary editions for THE KITE RUNNER! In the first two years of THE KITE RUNNER’S publication in the United States, over one million paperback copies were sold. Congratulations on the Italian publication of the new 20th anniversary edition of THE KITE RUNNER from Feltrinelli by global bestseller Khaled Hosseini! ![]()
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