Kulvinder Ghir reads Khaled Hosseini's novel, a father-son tale set against the fall of the Afghan monarchy, the Soviet military intervention, and the rise of the Taliban.

One of the most coveted designations in the book industry, the Kirkus Star marks books of exceptional merit. The Kirkus Prize The Kirkus Prize is among the richest literary awards in America, awarding ...

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat in the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and history at a high school in Kabul. In 1976, the ...

Khaled Hosseini is the author of the novels "Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns." "Kite Runner" is also the title of an Academy Award-nominated film based on the Book, Hosseini's first ...

That includes 19 texts like “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky and “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini. “This is not book banning. This is — they are not on our ...