This month we are reviewing the book And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
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.
Reviews
“Khalad Hosseini is a gifted writer who pulls you in to the heart of the family and friends he creates in his stories. The storyline of And the Mountains Echoed is typical of his other 2 novels however he manages to evoke new emotions in the reader with each of his stories. This story spans generations, countries and people and is told from the perspectives of different characters. Each of the character’s stories are woven together and the author kept me guessing until the end of the novel how all the characters were related. Hosseini leaves the reader with a profound sense of the hardships and injustices humankind inflicts on one another and this poignant novel left me grateful for the life we have.” – Review by Maureen
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And the Mountains Echoed is available at London Drugs along with many other great titles and is on sale for the month of June.
