Name: And The Mountains Echoed
Rating: 4.333333333333333 (3 reviews)
ISBN: 9789675671814

Khaled Hosseini

"Gema dari Pergunungan" mengisahkan dua bersaudara, abang dan adik. Abdullah dan Pari, terpisah oleh keadaan selama berdekad-dekat lamanya. Mereka akhiranya ditemukan semula dalam keadaan si abang sudah uzur dan hilang ingatan. Cerita menyentuh hati ini yang memaparkan bagaimana pilihan hidup yang dibuat hari ini akan bergema dari satu generasi ke satu generasi, merentas masa dan tempat. Dari Kabul ke Paris, ke San Francisco, ke pulau Yunani Tinos, watak-wataknya berkembang, menjadikan kisah begitu dramatik dan penuh emosi.

And The Mountains Echoed

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one... Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live in the small village of Shadbagh. 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. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their skulls touching, their limbs tangled. 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, and how the choices we make resonate through history.

And the Mountains Echoed

Heartbreaking, fascinating, honest. The story of the siblings Abdullah and Pari, and the many branches that grow after the event, takes us to a myriad of lives affected by one decision. I couldn't stop reading. As usual, Khaled Hosseini brilliantly manages to weave fictional narratives into the social and political context of Afghanistan at the times in which the stories take place. With their lives intertwined for different reasons and at different times, the characters are extraordinarily complex, deeply human. He is definitely among my favorite authors.

Arissa

There are a lot of characters to keep track of, but this book continues Hosseini’s successful streak of creating compelling stories of contemporary Afghans and the rippling effects of war across that country. 

Doug Lane

Khaled Hosseini's storytelling spans countries, generations, and families in a truly impressive way. However, I found myself struggling to connect with the characters. Just as I started to feel invested in one, the story moved on to someone else. Sometimes, details seemed overlooked when the focus shifted (like how/when did Abdullah get to America? etc). This made it hard to fully immerse myself in the book. Nonetheless, Hosseini's writing is still powerful, exploring themes of love, loss, and redemption with insight. Although, unlike his other works which emotionally destroy me, this one didn't have the same impact for me.

Couldn't find the edition I read on Literal so this is what we've got?

taryn

Khaled Hosseini's storytelling spans countries, generations, and families in a truly impressive way. However, I found myself struggling to connect with the characters. Just as I started to feel invested in one, the story moved on to someone else. Sometimes, details seemed overlooked when the focus shifted (like how/when did Abdullah get to America? etc). This made it hard to fully immerse myself in the book. Nonetheless, Hosseini's writing is still powerful, exploring themes of love, loss, and redemption with insight. Although, unlike his other works which emotionally destroy me, this one didn't have the same impact for me.

Couldn't find the edition I read on Literal so this is what we've got?

And The Mountains Echoed

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