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Hosseini was interviewed about his novel, the kite runner. Why i write about pain writing my wrongs the kite runner of khaled hosseinis deeply moving fiction debut is an illiterate afghan boy with an uncanny instinct for predicting exactly where a downed kite will land. He is the author of the new york times bestsellers the kite runner, a thousand splendid suns, and and the mountains echoed. Khaled hosseini ist ein amerikanischer schriftsteller. I reread it a few days back and i was pained as much as i was when i read it for the first time.
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