At a normal walking pace, it would take around 20 minutes to walk around the 27-acre square field. If the 27 acres are in any shape more rectangular or irregular than a square, it will take longer to walk around.
Hosseni wrote The Kite Runner to show the world the way that common issues of identity, assimilation and power are carried out in his culture in Afghanistan. He spends a great deal of time developing Amir and showing how he comes to a self-identity by the end of the book.
Khaled Hosseini: 'If I could go back now, I'd take The Kite Runner apart'. The books interview: The author tells how his new novel And the Mountains Echoed is 'like a fairytale turned on its head'. Hermione Hoby. Saturday 1 June 2013 04.29 EDT First published on Saturday 1 June 2013 04.29 EDT.