*clap, clap, clap* Bravo.
Khaled Hosseini does it again. His new book, And the Mountains
Echoed, was such an enthralling and beautifully written novel. This is nothing like The Kite Runner or A
Thousand Splendid Suns except that it is originates in Afghanistan. Instead, it covers the span of
sixty or so years, travels from the United States to France to Afghanistan, and
captures the lives of many different families who are actually all connected
somehow, one way or another. The
beginning of the novel starts with a fairy tale set in a small village about an evil creature
that comes to the village every year and takes one child away from one family. When it takes the child of one
of the families, the father is so distraught he goes after the creature to
fight him (or die trying) for his son.
When he goes to the creature’s home, he discovers something he was not
expecting. Pay attention to this fairy
tale because the meaning is resonant throughout the book. Hosseini shows the importance of mercy,
family, and, most importantly, identity -- you won’t be able to put this book
down or feel some sort of connection with it.
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