Χαρταετοί Πάνω απ'την Πόλη ("The Kite Runner")

The Kite Runner (in Greek "Χαρταετοί Πάνω απ'την Πόλη") is a first novel by Afghan American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003, it tells the story of the friendship between Amir, a well-to-do Afghan boy from Kabul, and his closest childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. Their relationship is set against the tumultuous events from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan (and eventually the United States) and the Taliban regime. At the same time, it is the story of Amir's personal redemption as he finally succeeds in making amends with Hassan after he betrayed him years earlier.