![]() ![]() However, there certainly are, as is always the case with fiction, autobiographical elements woven through the narrative. The story line of The Kite Runner is largely fictional. ![]() What portions, if any, of The Kite Runner were pulled from personal experience? I gave my go ahead and the search began for a set of artists to bring the story to visual life. It was their idea, but it really caught my fancy as I have been a fan of comic books since childhood. I was approached to do it by my Italian publisher, Piemme. How did the idea to use that medium come about?Īctually, there are a number of novels that have been adapted to the graphic novel format, among them Crime and Punishment, Farenheit 451, and others. This is probably the first time I've seen a non-genre literary work adapted into the graphic novel format. ![]() We shared a few moments with Hosseini to discuss this new form for his novel as well as some of the elements of his very moving story. After winning awards and being adapted into film, The Kite Runner, Hosseini's first novel, is has made the transition to the graphic novel format, available from Riverhead. Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner presents an eye-opening story of class struggles in Afghanistan, portrayed over the course of a few decades. ![]()
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