Khaled Hosseini is the author of The Kite Runner, which was a major film and was a Book of the Decade, chosen by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian. A Thousand Splendid Suns was the Richard & Judy Best Read of the Year in 2008. And the Mountains Echoed was chosen for the Richard & Judy Summer Book Club in 2014, and readers voted it as their favourite of all the titles. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Refugee Agency, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation which provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan. Sea Prayer, his fourth book, was inspired by Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015. Khaled Hosseini was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, and lives in northern California.

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'Gripping' New York Times

'A master storyteller' The Times

'Epic' Sunday Telegraph

Ten-year-old Abdullah would do anything for his younger sister. In a life of poverty and struggle, with no mother to care for them, Pari is the only person who brings Abdullah happiness. For her, he will trade his only pair of shoes to give her a feather for her treasured collection. When their father sets off with Pari across the desert to Kabul in search of work, Abdullah is determined not to be separated from her. Neither brother nor sister know what this fateful journey will bring them.

A story of love, separation, friendship, compassion, exile, memory and the troubled history of Afghanistan, spanning three continents and sixty years . Hosseini is a master storyteller

Hosseini pulls off his usual - impressive - trick of breaking your heart and leaving you smiling

Hosseini digs deep and brings up diamonds

With profound depth and compassion, Hosseini writes about the bonds that define us and shape our lives

His most assured and emotionally gripping story yet . A testament to his intimate knowledge of their inner lives, and to his power as an old-fashioned storyteller

The novel's poignant, bittersweet conclusion is will almost certainly bring tears to your eyes

The mountains echo with the voices and events from the past and the ripples extend outwards beyond the final page

An absorbing read from a master storyteller

An irresistible treasure trail . A novel that will change how you judge yourself and others

And the Mountains Echoed charges its readers for the emotional particles they are, giving them what they want, with a narrative facility as great as any blockbusting author alive