![]() ![]() The separation of the two siblings is at the heart of this sprawling, sweeping tale, which reads like a series of intertwined short stories, told from various perspectives by a large cast of characters, in first person and third person, some chapters written in the form of a letter, one taking the form of a Q&A interview. This allegorical tale is told by a father to his children, Abdullah and Pari, the day before they take a long and difficult journey from their village to Kabul, where the father leaves one of them with a rich childless couple in the hope that it will save his family from the coming harsh winter. ![]() The father then has to decide whether to turn back and leave his son where he is or take him back to a difficult life in the village. ![]() When the father sets out to find the child, the div shows him that the child is living happily in a palace, playing with other children. Cover of And the Mountains Echoed.The novel begins with a folk tale about a div, a giant of Afghan folklore, who steals the youngest son of an impoverished family in a village blighted by droughts. ![]()
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