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I have read all of Khaled Hosseini's books, and I know this one disappointed some of his fans. In my opinion, And the Mountains Echoed is a reflection of Hosseini's maturity as an author.
Partially set in Afghanistan, this novel follows the lives of family members that are separated. The background stories are touching - but not the kind of gripping rip-your-heart-out stories that Hosseini related in his earlier novels. Here the author takes the theme of familial connection and the way it helps d ...more
Partially set in Afghanistan, this novel follows the lives of family members that are separated. The background stories are touching - but not the kind of gripping rip-your-heart-out stories that Hosseini related in his earlier novels. Here the author takes the theme of familial connection and the way it helps d ...more
I read this book at exactly the wrong time. Or maybe it was exactly the right time. My grandfather was moving rapidly from home to a hospital to a nursing home to a hospice. This book is all about injury and death and relationships, and it hit way too close to home for me.
It was kind of pretty and it was well written, but mostly it just struck me as sad. These realistic books just don't do it for me right now—i read these days to escape reality, not to be confronted by it. I did appreciate the ...more
It was kind of pretty and it was well written, but mostly it just struck me as sad. These realistic books just don't do it for me right now—i read these days to escape reality, not to be confronted by it. I did appreciate the ...more
Through connecting vignettes I got a light sense of Afghanistan's history, without a feeling of a political agenda.
Each backward glance of a person's life and their, often astounding, connection to the present section's narrator is a bittersweet reflection.
Very well written and never predictable. A very good read. ...more
Each backward glance of a person's life and their, often astounding, connection to the present section's narrator is a bittersweet reflection.
Very well written and never predictable. A very good read. ...more
This books started like a folk tale. In the end it was an intricate web of history of the family it was about. It became a touching story of the importance of family no matter the distance between members. It was definitely a good read, touching, such a great example of what family should be.
●Penguin Audio; Unabridged edition, May 21, 2013
●Narrator – Navid Negahban
●Narrator – Shohreh Aghdashloo
●Narrator – Navid Negahban
●Narrator – Shohreh Aghdashloo
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