Khaled Hosseini





Khaled Hosseini

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March 04, 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan

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Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, in 1965. His father was a diplomat with the Afghan Foreign Ministry and his mother taught Farsi and History at a large high school in Kabul. In 1976, the Afghan Foreign Ministry relocated the Hosseini family to Paris. They were ready to return to Kabul in 1980, but by then Afghanistan had already witnessed a bloody communist coup and the invasion of the Soviet army. The Hosseinis sought and were granted political asylum in the United States. In September of 1980, Hosseini's family moved to San Jose, California. Hosseini graduated from high school in 1984 and enrolled at Santa Clara University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Biology in 1988. The following year, he entered the University...more


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Dear Readers:Thank you for letters of support and encouragement. As ever, I cherish and appreciate them immensely.Well it appears that The Khaled Hosseini Foundation is up and running. We had our first public event to raise funds for the foundation on April 25th. My good friends Michael and Carolyn Bealmear, whom I have known through Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) fundraising, arr... read more »
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Average rating: 4.19 · 829,189 ratings · 57,814 reviews · 14 distinct works
The Kite Runner
4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 589,306 ratings — published 2003 — 48 editions
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 237,376 ratings — published 2007 — 105 editions
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The Kite Runner: Graphic Novel
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 1,101 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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The Kite Runner & A Thousan...
4.45 of 5 stars 4.45 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 2008 — 4 editions
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Khaled Hosseini's the Kite ...
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Kite Runner-Multiple Critic...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009
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I cieli di Kabul : interviste
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Il cacciatore di aquiloni
2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2004
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Lovec draků
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2003
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The Kite Runner: A Portrait...
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4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 569 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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“But better to be hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
Khaled Hosseini

“For you, a thousand times over”
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

“It may be unfair, but what happens in a few days, sometimes even a single day, can change the course of a whole lifetime...”
Khaled Hosseini, The Kite Runner

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