Selected Literary Resources on The Kite Runner

Literary Criticism

The Kite Runner was published too recently to have received much scholarly attention yet. Neither the MLA International Bibliography nor ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) contained much information the author or the novel.

There is a short biographical article on Hosseini in the Literature Resource Center, including a list of some very brief reviews of The Kite Runner.

Book Reviews

"Paperbacks." Telegraph. 1 September 2005

Ghosts of the Past. By: Algoo-Baksh, Stella. Canadian Literature, Spring 2005 Issue 184, p143, 2p

Ronny Noor (2004). " Afghanistan: The Kite Runner. " World Literature Today,78(3/4), 148.

Hill, Amelia. "An Afghan hounded by his past." Guardian. September 7, 2003

Edward Hower (2003, August). "The servant: A debut novel chronicles an Afghan man's return to search for the friend he betrayed." New York Times Book Review,4.

"Bitesize: Two little Afghanistan Boys . . . " Bookmunch. Undated.

U.S. Publisher Reading Guide

U.K. Publisher Reading Guide

From the Author

Author's web site

Hosseini, Khaled. "The journey home." Guardian. December 18, 2004. This article was also published in San Francisco Chronicle on August 10, 2003, and on the author's web site, above.

Author Interviews

"Khaled Hosseini." Interview by Razeshta Sethna, November 2003. Newsline.

"Understanding Afghanistan." Interview by the Very Rev. Alan Jones, 26 September, 2004. The Forum in San Francisco.

Fresh Air Interview with Author:August 11, 2005

Weekend Edition Interview with Author: July 27, 2003

Fresh Air Interview with Author: July 27, 2003

"Success made easy -- or so it seems." Interview by Adair Lara, 8 June 2003. The San Francisco Chronicle.

"Author is inspired by memories of Afghanistan." 5 May, 2004, Minnesota Public Radio.

"Dialogue with Khaled Hosseini." Interview by Farhad Azad, June 2004. Afghanmagazine.com.

"Khaled Hosseini." Interview by Bloomsbury, British publishers ofThe Kite Runner.

Media Coverage of the Author and the Book's Reception in the U.S.

"'Kite Runner' catches the wind." By: Craig Wilson. USA Today, 04/19/2005

Jessica Rocha (2005, April 2). "'Kite Runner' author visits Pittsboro today." [West Edition]. News & Observer,p. B1.

"Afghan 'Kite Runner' soars to great heights." Jacqueline Blais. USA Today, 10/07/2004

Edward Wyatt (2004, December 15). "Wrenching Tale by an Afghan Immigrant Strikes a Chord." New York Times(Late Edition (east Coast)), p. E.1

Ron Givens (2003, July). "The Kite Runner." People,60(2), 47.

Monica Mehta (2003, June). "The Kite Runner." Entertainment Weekly,(713), 82.

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