The Kite Runner

　　故事從一對小男孩的親密友誼開始。12歲的富家少爺阿米爾與僕人哈山，從小一塊長大，年齡相仿的兩人情同兄弟，總是一起玩耍，一起分享有趣的故事。然而，在一場風箏比賽後，發生了一件悲慘不堪的事，永久破壞了兩人之間的情誼，從此各自走上不同的人生道路，可是最後卻也以兩人始料未及的方式，重新連接起彼此的關係。

　　即使阿米爾不久跟隨父親逃往美國，以為可以因此逃避過去的自己，但關於哈山的回憶一直縈繞不去。阿米爾感到非常愧疚，無法原諒自己當年對哈山的背叛與懦弱的行為。為了贖罪，阿米爾終於再度踏上暌違二十多年的故鄉，希望能為不幸的好友盡最後一點心力……

　　The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. 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.

　　A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.

作者簡介

卡勒德‧胡賽尼（Khaled Hosseini）

　　1965年生於喀布爾，父親為阿富汗外交官。1980年蘇聯入侵阿富汗時，隨全家逃往美國尋求政治庇護。胡賽尼畢業於加州大學聖地牙哥醫學系，現居加州執業。《追風箏的孩子》雖是他的第一本小說，卻因書中角色刻畫生動，故事情節震撼感人，出版後大獲好評，獲得各項新人獎，並躍居全美各大暢銷排行榜，目前正改拍成電影中。

　　With more than ten million copies sold in the United States of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, and more than thirty-eight million copies sold worldwide in more than seventy countries, Khaled Hosseini is one of most widely read and beloved novelists in the entire world. The Kite Runner spent 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, and A Thousand Splendid Suns debuted as a #1 New York Times bestseller, remaining in the #1 spot for fifteen weeks, and spending nearly an entire year on the bestseller list. Hosseini is a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.