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And the mountains echoed
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594632389
- ISBN: 9781594631764
- ISBN: 9780606356794
- ISBN: 1594632383
- ISBN: 159463176X
- ISBN: 0606356797
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Physical Description:
404 pages ; 25 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 2013.
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Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 1 / 5.0
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari -- as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named -- is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of shoes for a feather for her treasured collection. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. Pari and Abdullah have no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart; sometimes a finger must be cut to save the hand. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, Khaled Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives, the ways in which we help our loved ones in need, how the choices we make resonate through history and how we are often surprised by the people closest to us. |
| Summary, etc.: | Presents a story inspired by human love, how people take care of one another, and how choices resonate through subsequent generations. Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and step-mother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari, as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named, is everything; there is an unparalleled bond between these two motherless siblings. What happens to them, and the large and small manners in which it echoes through the lives of so many other people is an example of the moral complexity of life. In this multigenerational novel revolving around parents and children, brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, the author explores the many ways in which family members love, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 6.1 20 SD Quiz 162802 English fiction. |
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| Subject: | Families Fiction Interpersonal relations Fiction Community life Fiction Afghanistan Fiction Interpersonal relations Fiction Poverty Fiction Identity Fiction Andrae, A Family members Siblings |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Belonging. Historical fiction. Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 62 of 70 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terryville Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 70 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Terryville Public Library | F HOS (Text) | 34028128755197 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
