That opening reminds me of the biblical OT tale of Abraham's complicit agreement to sacrifice Isaac. Just before publication of this novel, Hosseini said: I am forever drawn to family as a recurring central theme of my writing. My earlier novels were at heart tales of fatherhood and motherhood. My n...
Amazing. I loved how the author weaved the stories of all of the characters together. Such a great story :)I own Hosseini's first two novels, but I STILL have not read them. I will be getting to those soon!
The tale of how my father lost his sister was as familiar to me as the stories my mother had told me of the Prophet, tales I would learn again later when my parents would enroll me in Sunday school at a mosque in Hayward. Still, despite the familiarity, each night I asked to hear Pari’s story again,...
Wow. I don't think it is possible for Hosseini to write a bad book. This particular book was not as riveting as his other two huge best sellers, but the writing was equally great, if not better. I found myself re-reading the sentences and thinking, "I could never do that." I have to admit that I too...
I was not as sucked into this book as I was Hosseini's other two books. I found my mind wandering frequently as I just wasn't invested in his characters in this one as I was in his first two books.
How do we evaluate the legacy of life? A commonplace, trivial life - devoid of big achievements,clamour of praise, wide eyed appreciation of spectators. How do we feel connected with another person in this mundane world? Is there an invisible umbilical cord holding two points of existence together, ...
Damn, And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini made me cry. I just finished it. Gosh, why did it upset me so much?! And will others react as I have? Is it just stupid me? I can point at a million things that are wrong with the book....and yet, it has done something right since it has undeniably m...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2013/06/and-mountains-echoed.htmlAnd The Mountain Echoed tells the story of how one decision touches so many lives and how the repercussions travel through time and place. Abdullah and Pari are brother and sister living with th...
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