KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint

Khaled Hosseini: And the Mountains Echoed

at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

 (Tiziana Fabi/AFP/Getty Images)

Khaled Hosseini transported readers to his native Afghanistan with his best-selling novels “The Kite Runner” and “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” He returns with a new novel, “And the Mountains Echoed.” Spanning over 50 years, the book portrays Afghanistan through the lens of a family coping with separation and tragedy. Hosseini joins us to discuss the book, as well as the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan.

Guests:

Khaled Hosseini, author of the bestsellers "The Kite Runner," "A Thousand Splendid Suns," and his new novel, "And the Mountains Echoed;" he is also the former goodwill envoy to the United Nations refugee agency, and founder of the Khaled Hosseini Foundation

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
Ali Velshi on the ‘Small Acts of Courage’ That Define His Family’s Inheritance and His JournalismThe Uncertain Future of Iconic, Battered, Highway 1What Makes a Burrito…a Burrito?Gary Shteyngart on a Lonely Week on the World’s Largest Cruise ShipIs Hollywood’s New ‘Magical, Colorblind Past’ a Good Thing?House GOP Targets Berkeley Schools in Antisemitism HearingIllia Ponomarenko on Reporting From Ukraine’s Front LinesLookout Santa Cruz Wins 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Its Storm CoverageAmor Towles on his New Short Story Collection 'Table for Two'SFMOMA’s New Collaboration with Artists with Disabilities