7/1/2023 0 Comments And then the mountains echoed![]() ![]() Probably the most exciting thing about his writing is the setting being in Afghanistan because otherwise his stories tend to be overlying dramatic, akin to a soap opera of suffering throughout life. I think it’s that response to suffering that makes readers hail him as a great writer more than his actual writing style which tends to be quite simple. ![]() I enjoyed the book and I’m happy that I read it but I do think that Khaled tends to make his characters suffer and through that suffering he invokes a visceral response in the reader. This novel is written in a different style to the other two, in that it follows a series of different family groups at different times starting in Afghanistan in 1952, to Paris to San Francisco and to the Greek island of Tinos. ![]() I imagine that it must be hard to write while feeling the weight of expectation after such successes have been enjoyed with previous books ( The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns). It was with great anticipation that I read the next offering from this famous author. Cover of ‘And the Mountains Echoed’ book by Khaled HosseiniĪnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini follows central themes such as connections in families, difficult relationships between parents and children and siblings, poverty and the effects of war, and the choices we make which lead us to very different lives. ![]()
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