And the Mountains Echoed Summary
Khaled Hosseini

And the Mountains Echoed Overview

And the Mountains Echoed is a historical novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. The novel, which explores themes of love, family, and separation, relates the viewpoints of a variety of characters, each of whom are directly or indirectly connected. Central to the story is the selling of a young girl, Pari, to a wealthy family in Kabul, and the impacts of this arrangement on her brother, adopted family, and herself. And the Mountains Echoed is a nonlinear narrative relating the main characters' struggles during the periods of unrest in Afghanistan from the 1950s to today.