000 02128 a2200181 4500
020 _a159463176X
_c$28.95
020 _a9781594631764
082 _a813.6
_bHOS-A
100 1 _aHosseini, Khaled.
245 1 0 _aAnd the Mountains Echoed
260 _aLondon
_bRiverhead
_c2013.
300 _a 404 pages ; 25 cm
490 _aDomestic fiction
500 _a"An emotional, provocative, and unforgettable novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. Broad in scope and setting, wise and compassionate in its storytelling, And the Mountains Echoed is a profoundly moving, captivating novel that demonstrates Khaled Hosseini's deeply felt understanding of the bonds that define us and shape our lives - and of what it means to be human. It begins with the heartbreaking, unparalleled bond between two motherless siblings in an Afghan village To three-year-old Pari, big brother Abdullah is more mother than brother. To ten-year-old Abdullah, little Pari is his everything. What happens to them - and the large and small manners in which it echoes through the lives of so many other people - is proof of the moral complexity of life. In a multigenerational novel revolving around not just parents and children but also brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which family members love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most. Following its characters and the ramifications of their lives and choices and loves around the globe - from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos - the story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page. Propelled by the same remarkable instincts and philosophical insight that made The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns so remarkable, And the Mountains Echoed shows once again that Khaled Hosseini is a born storyteller."
650 _aHistorical fiction
650 _aFiction
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