The Kite Runner
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Books similar to The Kite Runner
Mary W.
Jun 08, 2011 11:12AM
Can anyone recommend a novel to me that is "like" The Kite Runner, in that it is very closely based on the author's experience growing up but has been fictionalized? I need to be able to go on-line and see independent third-party reviews so I can decide what to read. I am looking for successful models of this type of fiction for a novel I am editing for a client (thebookcharmer.com)
Have you tried A Thousand Splendid Suns by the same author?
Some other books with similar themes:
1. West of Kabul, East of New York by Tamim Ansary
2. Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
3. Swallows of Kabul by Yasmin Khadra [pseudonym of Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul]
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
5. A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif [not exactly similar in theme but fictionalised account of true events]
6. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
7. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
8. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar.
9. Women of Sand and Myrrh: A Novel by Hanan Al-Shaykh
10. Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Hope you find what you are looking for in these!
cheers,
kitty
Some other books with similar themes:
1. West of Kabul, East of New York by Tamim Ansary
2. Earth and Ashes by Atiq Rahimi
3. Swallows of Kabul by Yasmin Khadra [pseudonym of Algerian army officer, Mohammed Moulessehoul]
4. The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
5. A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif [not exactly similar in theme but fictionalised account of true events]
6. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
7. The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
8. The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar.
9. Women of Sand and Myrrh: A Novel by Hanan Al-Shaykh
10. Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
Hope you find what you are looking for in these!
cheers,
kitty
another book would be: Kabul beauty school. the author (who is a beautician) goes their as a member of a humanity relief group then decides to open a salon and a beauty school for Afghan women so they can make a living.
it is an amazing story.
it is an amazing story.
In the Country of Men - its an older book, but set in Libya during the time that Qaddafi came into power and told through the eyes of a 10 year old
Ahmad K. Minkara
Hisham Matar is a great author. His second book Anatomy of Disappearance is definitely worthy of reading too!
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