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Название книги: And the Mountains Echoed
Автор(ы): Хоссейни Халед
Жанр: Современная проза
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This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah,



both thenoor
of my eyes, and to my father,


who would have been proud





For Elaine




Out beyond ideas


of wrongdoing and rightdoing,


there is a field.


I’ll meet you there.


—JELALUDDIN RUMI, 13th century



Contents

One, Fall 1952
Two, Fall 1952
Three, Spring 1949
Four
Five, Spring 2003
Six, February 1974
Seven, Summer 2009
Eight, Fall 2010
Nine, Winter 2010
Acknowledgments
Also by Khaled Hosseini


One



Fall 1952



So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one. But just the one. Don’t either of you ask me for more. It’s late, and we have a long day of travel a