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THE KITE RUNNER
KHALED HOSSEINI
This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah, both the noor of my eyes, and to the children of Afghanistan.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am indebted to the following colleaguesfor their advice, assistance, or support: Dr. Alfred Lerner, Don Vakis, RobinHeck, Dr. Todd Dray, Dr. Robert Tull, and Dr. Sandy Chun. Thanks also toLynette Parker of East San Jose Community Law Center for her advice aboutadoption procedures, and to Mr. Daoud Wahab for sharing his experiences inAfghanistan with me. I am grateful to my dear friend Tamim Ansary for hisguidance and support and to the gang at the San Francisco Writers Workshop fortheir feed back and encouragement. I want to thank my father, my oldest friendand the inspiration for all that is noble in Baba; my mother who prayed for meand did nazr at every stage of this book’s writing; my aunt for buying me bookswhen I was young. Thanks go out to Ali, Sandy, Daoud, Walid, Raya, Shalla,Zahra, Rob, and Kader for reading my stories. I want to thank Dr. and Mrs.Kayoumy--my other parents--for their warmth and unwavering support.
I must thank my agent and friend, ElaineKoster, for her wisdom, patience, and gracious ways, as well as Cindy Spiegel,my keen-eyed and judicious editor who helped me unlock so many doors in thistale. And I would like to thank Susan Petersen Kennedy for taking a chance onthis book and the hardworking staff at Riverhead for laboring over it.
Last, I don’t know how to thank my lovelywife, Roya--to whose opinion I am addicted--for her kindness and grace, and forreading, re-reading, and helping me edit every single draft of this novel. Foryour patience and understanding, I will always love you, Roya jan.
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