Khaled Hosseini

And the Mountains Echoed (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 New York Timesbestselling 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 globefrom Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinosthe story expands gradually outward, becoming more emotionally complex and powerful with each turning page.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781101626276
• Artikelnr.: 44656611

Autorenporträt

Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and moved to the United States in 1980. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, and And the Mountains Echoed. He is A U.S. Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.

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Rezensionen

A story of love, separation, friendship, compassion, exile, memory and the troubled history of Afghanistan, spanning three continents and sixty years . Hosseini is a master storyteller The Times

His most assured and emotionally gripping story yet … A testament to his intimate knowledge of their inner lives, and to his power as an old-fashioned storyteller