'Kite Runner' author Khaled Hosseini will release a new novel this spring
鈥�The Kite Runner鈥� author Khaled Hosseini will release a new novel this May, according to publisher Riverhead Books.
The book, which will be titled 鈥淎nd the Mountains Echoed,鈥� will focus on family, a theme Hosseini said he is continuing from his two previous bestsellers 鈥淩unner鈥� and 鈥淎 Thousand Splendid Suns.鈥�
鈥淢y new novel is a multi-generational family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for each other,鈥� Hosseini said in a .
Hosseini鈥檚 first book, 鈥淭he Kite Runner,鈥� came out in 2003, and his follow-up, 鈥淎 Thousand Splendid Suns,鈥� was released in 2007. Both focused on citizens of Afghanistan, were well-received critically and sold millions of copies. 鈥淭he Kite Runner鈥� was adapted into a 2007 film starring actor Khalid Abdalla which received mixed reviews; 鈥淎 Thousand Splendid Suns鈥� is set to be turned into a film by Columbia Pictures in 2015, with 鈥淪chindler鈥檚 List鈥� screenwriter Steven Zaillian set to write the screenplay and direct.
鈥淎nd the Mountains Echoed鈥� will come out May 21.
