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.
Transcript of Novel Presentation: The Kite Runner. The Kite Runner The book The Kite Runner was written in 2001 and published in 2003 by Khaled Hosseini. It was the first book published in English by an Afghan. Background on The Author. Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, where much of the book takes place.