Title: And the Mountains Echoed
Author: Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: Riverhead
Year: 2013
Country: Afghanistan
404 page
I enjoyed this, though less than Hosseini's previous novels. I appreciated the particular stories set into a sprawling historical and interpersonal context, and in particular the pathos of relationships that can never be repaired or resolved.
The audiobook was challenging, with three readers (why?) with heavy accents. I could understand them with a certain amount of backtracking, but it was more work than normal. I read the book only because a relative wanted to listen to it with me, but she was unable to manage the accents and quickly gave up. I can't speak for the other readers, but Hosseini seems to have heightened his accent to read this, which was unnecessary and decreased the audiobook's accessibility.
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