And the Mountains Echoed is a 2013 novel by Afghan American writer Khaled Hosseini, published by Riverhead Books. Unlike Hosseini's earlier novels, it does not follow a single central character, instead unfolding across nine chapters each narrated from a different character's point of view. Its central event is a father who decides to sell his young daughter Pari to a childless couple in Kabul, separating her from her brother Abdullah, a choice whose consequences ripple outward through the following decades and generations. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Where does And the Mountains Echoed take place?
It moves from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos.
The story is not tied to one place. According to the author's own site, it follows its characters and the consequences of their lives and choices around the globe, from Kabul to Paris to San Francisco to the Greek island of Tinos, and expands gradually outward as it goes.
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And the Mountains Echoed is the third novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini.
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And the Mountains Echoed is the third novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2013 by Riverhead Books, it deviates from Hosseini's style in his first two works through his choice to avoid focusing on any one character. Rather, the book is written similarly to a collection of short stories, with each of the nine chapters being told from the perspective of a different character.
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Genre: Historical fiction Drama
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Author: Khaled Hosseini
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