Kite Runner information

Representation of Contemporary Afghan History in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner

‘Memory Boxes’ Offer Poignant Reminders of Afghan Lives Lost to Violence

Afghanistan: the unending crisis - article from 1997, a few years before the book was published

Historical & Political Context

Information about Kite Fights

"The Real Kite Runners"

About the Hazara People (note obvious bias!)

To be good (again): The Kite Runner as allegory of global ethics (abstract of an article)

Superego Guilt, Redemption and Atonement in Khaled Hosseini’s the Kite Runner

An analysis of Hassan's tragedy