Khaled Hosseini
Hardcover | Pages: 404 pages Rating: 4.05 | 284614 Users | 27269 Reviews
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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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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.List Regarding 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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There are always a few things to keep in mind when delving into a Khaled Hosseini novel. First, and most important, is that you WILL have your heart broken, at least once, probably multiple times, and most likely within the first few pages. Second, Mr. Hosseini does not deal in neatly wrapped-up endings redolent of "Happily Ever After." His stories are more complicated than that; there's no instant gratification of happy, fulfilled characters riding off into the sunset, but the overall result isAlright, 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*
There are always a few things to keep in mind when delving into a Khaled Hosseini novel. First, and most important, is that you WILL have your heart broken, at least once, probably multiple times, and most likely within the first few pages. Second, Mr. Hosseini does not deal in neatly wrapped-up endings redolent of "Happily Ever After." His stories are more complicated than that; there's no instant gratification of happy, fulfilled characters riding off into the sunset, but the overall result is
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 own
This has probably been my most anticipated new release for a very long time. Like many people, I was totally awestruck by Hosseini's first novel The Kite Runner. His second; A Thousand Splendid Suns is up there in my Top Five Books, I was astounded by the story. Bearing this in mind, and despite my delight at acquiring a pre-publication copy of And The Mountains Echoed, I was a little nervous that I may be a little disappointed.Khaled Hosseini's fans do have to wait a long time between books,
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
And The Mountains Echoed (ATME) is a brilliant stand-alone book, however, it's not up to the mark that Khaled Hosseini set for himself with his earlier two fantastic novels. Starting with the negatives, the narration style simply didn't work out. Though Mr. Hosseini deserves a pat on the back for trying out something different this time and not sticking to a tried and tested formula by going beyond a two-person narration as in A Thousand Splendid Suns (ATSS), but this time it just somehow looks
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