Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read and beloved novelists in the world, with over thirty eight million copies of his books sold in more than seventy countries. The Kite Runner was a major motion picture and was a Book of the Decade, chosen by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year in 2008. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California. www.khaledhosseini.com
So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one...Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari - as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named - is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of shoes for a feather for her treasured collection. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their heads touching, their limbs tangled. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. Pari and Abdullah have no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart; sometimes a finger must be cut to save the hand. Crossing generations and continents, moving from Kabul, to Paris, to San Francisco, to the Greek island of Tinos, with profound wisdom, depth, insight and compassion, Khaled Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives, the ways in which we help our loved ones in need, how the choices we make resonate through history and how we are often surprised by the people closest to us.
發表於2024-06-03
And the Mountains Echoed 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
動蕩的中東地區自古就是世界的“火藥桶”,生活在這裏的人們更是飽受戰亂之苦,田園荒蕪不說,好端端的傢毀於戰亂,親人四處分散此生不能相見。在戰爭的催生之下,集體的“受害者”心態應運而生。其後這種心態被移植在文學裏,成就瞭一係列以苦難、離散為主題的“傷痕文學”。...
圖書標籤: Hosseini 英文原版 小說 阿富汗 Afghanistan 鬍賽尼 外國文學 美國
鬍賽尼的第三本書,去年一月遊完阿富汗在加德滿都停留時買的,作品由很多人物的視角齣發,每段故事又與其他故事交織在一起,織成一幅活生生的阿富汗現代史,鬍賽尼的英文小說對於我等英文水平不高的讀者來說讀來並不吃力,文字優美富於詩意且大氣磅礴!
評分感覺跟《第七天》差不多的“人人有故事”集,這是今年的流行趨勢麼?文筆一如既往地好以及……囉嗦。
評分我們散落在世界各地,彼此找尋,相互忘記;傢鄉已成荒原,我們躲在自己的屋子裏,靠著沙發,看電視。#年終總結
評分我們散落在世界各地,彼此找尋,相互忘記;傢鄉已成荒原,我們躲在自己的屋子裏,靠著沙發,看電視。#年終總結
評分You are here now and that is what matters.
And the Mountains Echoed 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載