The Kite Runner's most adoring readers and also some of its most critical are Hosseini's fellow Afghan expatriates. One reviewer called the moment "more suited to a folk tale" and another even deemed it worthy of a "B movie." Despite such comments, critical and popular response to The Kite Runner was almost universally positive. Many of them, however, expressed disappointment regarding some coincidences, specifically the way that Amir and Assef reunite. Critics praised the book's intimate examination of relationships amid the fraught and very topical environment of Afghanistan. After its 2003 release, The Kite Runner became a New York Times Bestseller and was eventually published in thirty-eight different countries, although not yet Afghanistan.
From any angle, The Kite Runner is a tale of love, betrayal, and redemption and it gained an enthusiastic audience from the start. Thematically, it can be divided into just two: life before the rape and life after the rape. Structurally, The Kite Runner can be divided into three sections: memories of pre-conflict Afghanistan, adjusting to life in America, and returning to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. He has said that he did not just want to call attention to the devastation in Afghanistan he set out to remind the world that until the last few decades, before the world's eye was drawn to it by violence, Afghanistan was a generally peaceful nation. Hosseini's choice of time period for the book, though corresponding with his own life, also went beyond his personal experiences. In a 2003 interview with Newsline, Hosseini specified that the most autobiographical parts of The Kite Runner are those about "the difficult task of assimilating into a new culture." He also revealed, "My father and I did work for a while at the flea market and there really are rows of Afghans working there, some of whom I am related to." Because Hassan did not return to Kabul until 2003, after The Kite Runner's publication, much of his portrayal of Afghanistan after the Soviet takeover is based on research. It is also based on Hosseini's memories of growing up in the Wazir Akbar Khan section of Kabul and adapting to life in California. The story of The Kite Runner is fictional, but it is rooted in real political and historical events ranging from the last days of the Afghan monarchy in the 1970s to the post-Taliban near present. He was a practicing physician until shortly after the book's release and has now devoted himself to being an author and activist. The Kite Runner is Khaled Hosseini's first novel.
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