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Title: And The Mountains Echoed
Author: Khaled Hosseini
# of Pages: 416
Summary (from amazon.com): Khaled Hosseini’s And the Mountains Echoed begins simply enough, with a father recounting a folktale to his two young children. The tale is about a young boy who is taken by a div (a sort of ogre), and how that fate might not be as terrible as it first seems-a brilliant device that firmly sets the tone for the rest of this sweeping, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting novel. A day after he tells the tale of the div, the father gives away his own daughter to a wealthy man in Kabul. What follows is a series of stories within the story, told through multiple viewpoints, spanning more than half a century, and shifting across continents. The novel moves through war, separation, birth, death, deceit, and love, illustrating again and again how people’s actions, even the seemingly selfless ones, are shrouded in ambiguity. This is a masterwork by a master storyteller.
Opinion: I love Hosseini's writing style and this novel was no less engaging, thoughtful, and beautifully written than his last two. It takes the reader on a journey through time, space, culture, and family, slowly revealing histories that have been woven together even if they had been forgotten. Like Hosseini's other books, when you get to the end you feel as if you know the characters and feel a sense of comfort and relief as their stories come to their eventual end, even if the end is not at all what you had a hoped for them. Absolutely loved this book, and definitely recommend it.
Now Reading: The Ocean At The End Of The Lane by Neil Gaiman
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