L eco rispose khaled hosseini biography

Search the Wayback Machine Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Sign up for free Log in. E l'eco rispose Bookreader Item Preview. It appears your browser does not have it turned on. Please see your browser settings for this feature. EMBED for wordpress. Prior to its release, Hosseini said:. I am forever drawn to family as a recurring central theme of my writing.

L eco rispose khaled hosseini biography

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, honor, and sacrifice for each other. The concept for the foundation was inspired by the trip to Afghanistan that Hosseini made in with UNHCR, with the organisation raising funds to build homes for refugees returning to Afghanistan.

Sea Prayer, an illustrated short story by Hosseini that was released inwas motivated by the drowning of three-year-old Alan Kurdi, a refugee who was trying to get to Europe from Syria. He has also cited a Persian translation of Jack London's White Fang as a key influence from his youth, in addition to translations of novels including Alice in Wonderland and Mickey Spillane 's Mike Hammer series.

Hosseini is married to Roya, and they have two children. The family reside in Northern California. He is fluent in Persian and Pashto, and has described himself as a secular Muslim. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Wikidata item.

Afghan-American novelist born For other people with similar names, see Khalid Hussain disambiguation. Khaled Hosseini's voice. Early life and education [ edit ]. Early life [ edit ]. Education and medical career [ edit ]. Career [ edit ]. Novels [ edit ]. UNHCR [ edit ]. Influences [ edit ]. Personal life [ edit ]. Bibliography [ edit ].

Awards and honors [ edit ]. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. Archived from the original on August 15, Strumenti Strumenti. In altri progetti. Wikimedia Commons Wikiquote Elemento Wikidata. Questa voce o sezione sugli argomenti medici statunitensi e scrittori statunitensi non cita le fonti necessarie o quelle presenti sono insufficienti.

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It feels like a fable, but its dark edges have a ring of truth. And then it is the autumn of and four year old Pari her Show More. LibraryThing member gma2lana. A very moving story, however, I was often confused at the beginning of each chapter, and even sometimes in the middle of the chapters as he changes characters without much build up.

I didn't enjoy this book as much as Kite Runner, but I still enjoyed his writing and would read another book by him. Show More. LibraryThing member chrissie3. Damn, And the Mountains Echoed made me cry. I just finished it. Gosh, why did it upset me so much?! And will others react as I have? Is it just stupid me? I can point at a million things that are wrong with the book Rarely do Show More.

LibraryThing member Twink. With the release of his third novel, And The Mountains Echoed, I thought it was time to sample this best selling author. And the Mountains Echoed opens Show More. LibraryThing member SigmundFraud. I have mixed emotions about this book partly because it was very uneven. There were some compelling chapters and others that were dead boring.

The descriptions of life in Afghanistan were most appealing for someone like me who knows nothing of Afghanistan. You could feel the land. I can't strongly Show More. LibraryThing member Schmerguls. It tells a diffuse story, the central event apparently being the sale of Abdullah's little sister,Pari, to a rich couple in Kabul. When the man Show More.

LibraryThing member SamSattler. Of the three novels, this one is the most "literary" and ambitious in that it involves multiple characters that are sometimes only remotely connected to the two people at the core of the author's Show More.