And the Mountains Echoed begins Abdullah and Pari, a brother and sister who live in a
poor Afghan village. After the death of
their mother, Abdullah becomes everything to 3 year old sister Pari; brother,
mother, father in essence a touch stone for her own existence.
Their father
sells Pari to a wealthy family in Kabul with the two fold goal of providing her
with a better life and sustaining his new wife, his son Abdullah and their
newly born son. The rupture of the
relationship between Abdullah and his sister Pari creates a chain of events
that cross several continents and opens a wound in them both that touches all
who connect with them including cousins, caretakers, and extended family over a span of 50 years. Secondary and tertiary characters in the
story are prey to dreadful misfortunes, seemingly life enhancing good fortune
that all of which underscore the fragility of life, predestination in life and
the complexity of events that occur at
random with reverberating consequences.
The themes of self sacrificing love vs.
selfishness, privilege vs. sharing and joy with minimum comfort vs. angst
amidst opulence makes this an involving and at times a heart breaking
read. Author Hosseini has a gift for engaging
the emotions of readers and leading them head first into a different culture
from which they emerge with a different perspective. Please
read this one!
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Review by Karen Harris
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