
So this is a war which internally hit Afghanistan substantially but also the Soviets which is the leadership from Russia at the time tried to intervene in order to protect the monarchy. In 1979 there was the soviet-afghan war which began. A coup in other words means an uprising people decide to march against the king and I try and overthrow him. However in 1973 there’s a coup against the king. People had free voting they could vote without any fear of government attacks and during the 1960’s when this novel begins times in Afghanistan were very peaceful and this was a very prosperous country. Many attended University there was a new constitution that was created – in order to institute a Democratic legislature. So firstly it’s important to understand that Afghanistan of the 1960’s was a flourishing time. The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful graphic novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.


It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.Ī gripping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years.

The bestselling novel, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner, being an unforgettable, sensational, emotional, heartbreaking, story of the unlikely friendship between a well off boy and the son of his father’s servant, is very artistically crafted novel set in a war-torn country, Afghanistan.
