“And The Mountains Echoed” is a novel by Khaled Hosseini, the author of “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” Like Hosseini’s other novels, “And The Mountains Echoed” is set in Afghanistan and explores themes of family, loyalty, and the impact of the past on the present.
The novel tells the story of a family and their relationships over the course of several decades, beginning in Afghanistan in the 1950s and continuing on to the present day. It follows the lives of the characters as they are affected by the political and social changes that take place in Afghanistan, and how these changes shape their relationships and their understanding of the world around them.