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Original Title: | And The Mountains Echoed |
ISBN: | 159463176X (ISBN13: 9781594631764) |
Edition Language: | English |
Characters: | Julien, Abdullah, Pari, Suleiman Wahdati, Nila Wahdati, Nabi, Parwana, Saboor, Timur Bashiri, Idris Bashiri, Masooma, Eric Lacombe, Markos Varvaris, Thalia |
Setting: | Kabul(Afghanistan) California(United States) Paris(France) …more Tinos(Greece) Afghanistan …less |
Literary Awards: | Australian Book Industry Award (ABIA) Nominee for International Book (2014), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014), Goodreads Choice Award for Fiction (2013), DSC Prize Nominee for South Asian Literature for Longlist (2015) |
Khaled Hosseini
Hardcover | Pages: 404 pages Rating: 4.05 | 284614 Users | 27269 Reviews
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So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari - as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named - is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of shoes for a feather for her treasured collection. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their heads touching, their limbs tangled. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. Pari and Abdullah have no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart; sometimes a finger must be cut to save the hand. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, with profound wisdom, depth, insight and compassion, Khaled Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives, the ways in which we help our loved ones in need, how the choices we make resonate through history and how we are often surprised by the people closest to us.Itemize About Books And the Mountains Echoed
Title | : | And the Mountains Echoed |
Author | : | Khaled Hosseini |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 404 pages |
Published | : | May 21st 2013 by Riverhead Books (first published February 29th 2012) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Contemporary. Adult. Adult Fiction. Novels. Book Club |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 284614 Users | 27269 ReviewsArticle About Books And the Mountains Echoed
OMG..! OMG..! OMG..! OMG..! OMG..! OMG..! OMG..! OMG..! OMG..! Oh-MY-GOD..! (that pretty much Explains my reaction after seeing that a new book by Khaled Hosseini Is coming..!)....................................................................................Seeing this review and 66 likes makes me smile..After all the excitements and waiting, I practically ruined this book by trying to read it when I was not fit for reading. OH well, I can add another thing to my ever growing long list ofWhat did I think? I don't know exactly. Like his two other books, Hosseini is an excellent storyteller. He's great with words and produces images that flow like poetry. The story is touching, emotional and speaks of life's hardships and the difficult choices one must make. Deeper than that, it speaks of how the choices you make now may have a ripple effect- or echo- over time. If you don't happen to shed a tear at some point while reading, you're heartless. He captures your emotions from the
Out beyond ideasof wrongdoing and right doing,there is a field.Ill meet you there. And the Mountains Echoed is the third book of Khalid Hosseini which I have read and he is definitely up there as one of my favorite writers. Khalid is an amazing story teller and uses simple words to describe people and surroundings which is quite effective.The book is written in a different style from the previous two books of Khalid . The book contains different chapters and each chapter is told from
I finished reading this book on May 24, but did not write a review because I didn't want to taint the experience for many of my friends who had not yet read the book. Since then I've seen several people post where they've finished the book and how much they loved it. Unfortunately I did not love it. I was highly disappointed in this book, it was not at all what I expected. I wanted the richness of the culture, I wanted to immerse myself in the feelings and experiences of the people who live a
2.5 StarsOh that felt like blasphemy to type, but Ive gotta be honest here. I loved The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, but Hosseini just missed the mark with this one.The story begins with a father telling his children a fable of an evil div (monster) who roamed various villages and would choose a home at random. Said home would have to sacrifice one of their children, or the div would kill as many as he pleased. The father in the story is beside himself with the idea of offering
With 'And the Mountains Echoed' I have read all three of Khaled Hosseini's books. I am not going to talk about the plot, story, characters of this book but I do want to say that I feel the reason why Khaled Hosseini is such a good writer is because of his writing style....it is simple yet effective. He does not use difficult phrases or long complicated words to describe people and situations in his book; he keeps his wording simple and this creates the desired effect in terms of emotions and
This is a difficult book to review. Hosseini is a good storyteller, but I have the same complaint about this book as I did with The Kite Runner, which is that they are too precious. As in, roll-your-eyes, on-the-nose precious.But before I focus on the negative, let me share the positive: This is an impressive story that spans generations and continents. Each chapter is told from a different character's point of view, and each section builds on the events that have come before, and by the end we
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