They say waiting is sweet. Well, this is good news for all the
people who enjoyed reading Khaled Hosseini's The Kite
Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. This author's third
book is going to hit the Indian bookshelves this 21st of May 2013. The book is named And the Mountains Echoed and it comes after a gap
of 6 years; the writer really knows how to make the readers wait!
Six years in the writing, Khaled Hosseini says of his new
book:
‘My earlier novels were, at heart, tales of fatherhood and motherhood. My new novel is a multi-generational family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honour and sacrifice for each other.’
‘My earlier novels were, at heart, tales of fatherhood and motherhood. My new novel is a multi-generational family story as well, this time revolving around brothers and sisters, and the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honour and sacrifice for each other.’
This book is heard to be quite different in its structure from the
earlier two books; And the Mountains Echoed continues almost as a series of
short stories. This book is about the choices we make for the love of family,
how our choices are often shocking to the people closest to us, how our choices
affect our family for generations to come. The story starts in Afghanistan and
from there, it takes the readers to the locales of Paris, San Francisco and
Greek. At the centre of the novel is the story of Pari. This three year old girl is sold for adoption by her step-uncle. Nila Wahdati, a poet and her husband buys this little girl for adoption. And thus Pari is separated from her brother Abdullah.
I am eagerly waiting to read this book. Its up for pre-order in
all the popular online stores. Flipkart has it at Rs. 419/- (plus Rs. 50/- for
shipping) and Homeshop18 has it at Rs. 389/-. Grab your copy soon. I have
already pre-ordered mine!
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