Quotes from Khaled Hosseini's books, and about them
The Kite Runner on Masnawi: “I could recite dozens of verses from Khayyam, Hãfez, or Rumi's famous Masnawi.”
The Kite Runner on Shahnameh: “Hassan’s favorite book by far was the Shahnamah, the tenth-century epic of”
The Kite Runner on Ivanhoe: “I was in my room, reading an abbreviated Farsi translation of Ivanhoe, when he knocked on my door.”
The Kite Runner on Wuthering Heights: “She turned the book so the cover faced me. Wuthering Heights. “Have you read it?” she said.”
A Thousand Splendid Suns on Layla and Majnun: “Rasheed had playfully said, 'If it isn't Laili and Majnoon,' referring to the star-crossed lovers of Nezami's popular twelfth-century romantic poem”