#67 in Historical fiction
And the Mountains Echoed
- 430
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 16 weeks on the list, peaked at #2
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Our view
“And the Mountains Echoed” spreads one family’s wound across nine chapters and nine voices, gaining breadth where it gives up focus. Everything radiates from a brother and sister separated in childhood, and the book reads almost like linked stories. Some readers find it slower and looser than Hosseini’s earlier novels and harder to attach to; others, staying with it, were left in tears by the close.
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About the book
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. The book's foundation is built on the relationship between ten-year-old Abdullah and his three-year-old sister Pari and their father's decision to sell her to a childless couple in Kabul, an event that ties the various narratives together.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.2 across 295 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 67% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 8.1 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 25 | 9% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 270 | 92% |
Frequently asked
How long is And the Mountains Echoed?
It has 430 pages — longer than 52% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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