And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini
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And the Mountains Echoed
a novel by the bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Sun s

Unabridged: 14 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 05/21/2013


Synopsis

An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else.

Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, 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.

Author Bio

Persian born Khaled Hosseini, was born in 1965 in Kabul, Afghanistan, where his father worked as a diplomat. They eventually applied for asylum status in the United States, which was before the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Hosseini made a comment once that he almost had survivor's guilt in leaving their friends and family behind.

Hosseini began his adult career as a doctor of medicine in California. He describes it as being like an arranged marriage. In 2003 his first novel was published, The Kite Runner. His novels are primarily set in Afghanistan. When The Kite Runner was successful, he retired from medicine to write full time. Two novels followed.....A Thousand Splendid Things in 2007, and, And the Mountains Echoed in 2013. All three were New York Times bestsellers.

Currently, Hosseini is a Goodwill Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner of Refugees....... finding humanitarian assistance for Afghans displaced by the war through his foundation, the Khaled Hosseini Foundation.

During the release of his third novel......And the Mountains Echoed.......Hosseini had this poignant quote: "I am forever drawn to family as a recurring central theme 8f my writing. My earlier novels were at heart tales of fatherhood and motherhood. My new novel is a multi-generational family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for each other. I am thrilled at the chance to share this book with my readers." (In his own words.)

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Gilma on 2013-06-19 15:10:14

1. Audio: Three individuals read this book. The first reader had an afghan intonation with a perfect English accent. The woman’s voice had a good English accent, but the third reader who read 1/3 of the book, had a strong English. Audio book reading is an art, and the readers art the ones that present the book to the listeners. I would fire the person that was responsible for selecting the readers for the book.2. The Book: I thought that each character in the book had his/her own voice, and each tells the story from their own perspective. When I was on CD7, and the author introduces Rose to the book, I had to reread the book in order to pay more attention because Rose was new for me. Well I was wrong: some of the individuals in the book did not have anything to do with the original story. When Marcus, Talia and Marcus’ mother story started, the book lost its soul for me. Accordingly, I would fire the editor of the book as well.

AudiobooksNow review by Catherine on 2013-08-23 16:35:28

Loved the first, enjoyed the second. This starts out pretty boring, but I kept going and it got to some interesting characters, but then they died or had another tragedy shortly after I met them. Then it went back to really, really tedious. It is not a very good book...

AudiobooksNow review by Karen on 2014-02-17 20:54:56

After the first welltold childrens story, the next reader has such an accented delivery that, while intelligible, the delivery was so slow it was excruciating. I gave up in the first disc.

AudiobooksNow review by Barbara on 2014-02-25 11:05:59

I was looking forward to this book because I have enjoyed his others, but I found it tedious, confusing jumping around to different characters in different places in different time periods and the readers were hard to understand. I think its often a problem when authors read their own books, because some of them just dont have the voice for it. On the positive side, Hosseini has once again made his characters real, and the writing is beautiful. I think I may have had a better opinion, however, if I had read it rather than listened to it.

AudiobooksNow review by Korah on 2014-09-07 17:02:14

I have enjoyed his previous works, but found this book very difficult to follow. In addition to the difficulty in following the story, portions of each story were overlaid with music, making it impossible to hear the text. I read or listen to a book for the text, not for music. I have no objection to a few bars signaling the end of a section or CD, but it should never obstruct hearing the text. I returned this book without managing to get past the first 2 CDs. I am so unimpressed that I will not consider trying to read it in book form.