![]() ![]() ![]() 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. 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. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. From there, the book branches off to include multiple other characters and storylines before circling back to Abdullah and Pari. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their heads touching, their limbs tangled. And the Mountains Echoed introduces us to Saboor and his children Abdullah and Pari, and the shocking, heartbreaking event that divides them. 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. To Abdullah, Pari – as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named – is everything. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. You want a story and I will tell you one…Afghanistan, 1952. And the Mountains Echoed introduces us to Saboor and his children Abdullah and Pari, and the shocking, heartbreaking event that divides them. ![]()
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