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And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
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the book and the mountains echoed starts
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in a small Afghan Village in the early
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1950s where a poor farmer Sabor tells
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his children Abdullah and Pari a
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haunting bedtime story about a div who
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takes children away this story
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foreshadows The heartbreaking separation
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that will soon follow the dusty rural
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village with its modest homes and quiet
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Simplicity sets the tone for the themes
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of sacrifice and familial bonds that
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permeate the novel in Kabul sabour out
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of desperation and poverty makes the
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agonizing decision to sell his daughter
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Pari to a wealthy childless couple this
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decision shatters Abdullah who has been
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like a parent to his sister the vibrant
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streets of kabell provide a stark
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contrast to the harsh Rural Life they
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came from but the city also represents
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the emotional distance that will grow
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between the siblings as they are
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separated as the story shifts to Paris
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we meet Nyla Perry's adoptive mother a
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glam ous but deeply troubled poet Perry
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grows up in a world far removed from her
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Afghan Roots unaware of her true past
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the elegant cultured setting of Paris
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reflects the Stark differences in her
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upbringing compared to her brother who
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remains in Afghanistan yet despite the
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distance a sense of longing and
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incompleteness follows parat her life in
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California years later Abdullah has
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started a family of his own but the
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memory of his lost sister never Fades
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the Suburban setting in the US provides
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a sharp contrast to the Afghan
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Countryside but the emotional scars of
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his childhood persist his daughter named
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Pari after his sister carries the weight
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of the family's unresolved history even
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as they live far from Afghanistan the
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novel's final scenes returned to Kabul
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where the elderly Pari and abdullah's
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daughter come to terms with the past
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Kabul now a city marked by Decades of
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War symbolizes both the destruction and
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the enduring bonds of family the story
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closes with a poignant reflection on how
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lives are shaped by The Echoes of past
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decisions with the mountains of
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Afghanistan standing as silent witnesses
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to the generations of love and loss
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