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| 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 |
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.
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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) |
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Ratings: 4.05 From 284614 Users | 27269 ReviewsCrit Out Of Books And the Mountains Echoed
Date I finished this book: 06/09/2013Date I was ready to review this book: NeverUnfortunately, I have to review it because it is due back to the library tomorrow, so here comes my completely insufficient review. This book is by Khaled Hosseini. Really, what more is there to say? I knew it would be wonderful.I have to admit that the problem I ran into was that I was comparing it to his previous two books too often. And let's face it, they were amazing. And this book is incredible in its ownWhat 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
Why do people rate books before reading them? This skews the ratings and I wish people wouldn't do so...This was my most anticipated book of all time. I couldn't wait to read and and naturally was a bit let down. My least favorite of his three.I found the voice in some of the chapters a bit awkward. The characters were interesting and well developed for the most part. I didn't like how the author chose to weave everything together. There were some very well done parts -some moments that were
Alright, time, fined me some free time to read this. Today, 17/5/2013. 3:22 pm/ 15:22 hrs. http://www.goodreads.com/user_status/...I shall read this wonder soon! ='D*****A week later...I have the book O_OHave them all:Will begin in a few minutes :D <3*****10th September, 2013... I'm done with this book. *review coming soon*
You know how you hate when a good book ends? You know you have to keep reading, reading, reading because you just can't stop and yet you are ever so mad when the book does just that? You know how you feel like wow! how can I find another like this, a book as good, a book as well written, a book that has touched you in so many places? This is one of those books. Mr Hosseini has written a brilliant novel which is about family, its importance, its closeness even though one is continents away, and
This is my biggest disappointment with a book of all time, purely because Khaled Hosseini is one of my favourite authors. I loved his two previous books, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns but somehow I couldnt get interested in the same way I did with his previous books. They both had so much depth. I think the fact that I lived in Saudi Arabia for many years possibly helped in that I could relate to them the way I did.But this book, well I found it to be long winded and not to my
Khaled Hosseini kills me. His writing seems to wound me as I'm reading his books. I remember when I read the Kite Runner I had to stop for a week or so to psyche myself up to finish it because it made me so sad. (I think I must be getting soft in my old age.) His writing rides a raw edge between nostalgia and pain: you don't want bad things to happen to his characters because they are already deeply wounded by circumstance. But then another part of me gets inspired to write when I read his work.
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