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Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World (Random House Reader's Circle) |  | Author: Tracy Kidder
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
Category: Book
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Rating:  268 reviews
Sales Rank: 593
Media: Paperback
Pages: 352
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0812980557
Dewey Decimal Number: 921
EAN: 9780812980554
ASIN: 0812980557
Publication Date: August 25, 2009
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Product Description
This compelling and inspiring book, now in a deluxe paperback edition, shows how one person can work wonders. In Mountains Beyond Mountains, Pulitzer Prize—winning author Tracy Kidder tells the true story of a gifted man who loves the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it.
In medical school, Paul Farmer found his life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Kidder’s magnificent account takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practices through his dedication to the philosophy that “the only real nation is humanity.” At the heart of this book is the example of a life based on hope and on an understanding of the truth of the Haitian proverb “Beyond mountains there are mountains”–as you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one too.
“Mountains Beyond Mountains unfolds with a force of gathering revelation,” says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr notes, “[Paul Farmer] wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it.”
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 Mountains beyond Mountains July 29, 2010
meighan
Wow! Talk about an amazing human being. I felt so unaccomplished, and yet very inspired.
simply amazing July 27, 2010
Anke (Long Island City, NY)
This book reads like a thriller; you can't put it down. The depressing thing is that years after it was written, the situation in Haiti has not improved! Will it ever? Can we ever do enough? Even if we spend as much time, energy and resources on it as Dr. Farmer?
 amazing read (but kinda long) July 16, 2010
J. Barnes
Wow, what a read. Neat to think of Paul Farmer as a contemporary -- not some saint who lived in the days of yore. Although I enjoyed it, I thought it was a little long and speed read some of the sections, but overall this is an inspiring, compelling book.
A fascinating and fascinated account July 9, 2010
Juan Meyer
This is a fascinating and fascinated account of Dr. Paul Farmer, a heroic doctor who has dedicated his life to helping the poor and combat infectious diseases all around the globe, but especially in Haiti. In the age of the monstrous celebrity and the muckracking biographies, it is refreshing to come across such and individual as Farmer, and such an account as Kidder's. The book chronicles Farmer's life and lifework, from his time as a child living in a ship in Florida with a colorful family, through his first experiences in dealing with poor patients in the US and then Haiti, and potentialy deadly TB outbreaks in Peru and Russia. The book is at its best when Kidder focuses on Paul Farmer in the hot zones, battling bureacrats and even revolutions; it's at its weakest precisely when it tries to focus on Paul Farmer, the person, and when it flirts with the obligatory temptation to explain Farmer's heroic, obsessive, desire to do good as a symptom of some monomaniacal disorder. Fortunately, Farmer and the author himself put quickly a stop to this line of thought. What the book makes clear is that Paul Farmer's life IS HIS WORK, and we are all better off because of that. This is an important book, and this account of Farmer's life should be an antidote to any despairing pessimists about human nature and humans ability to do good and change the world.
Amazing, inspiring book! June 16, 2010
F. Funkybookworm (US)
I loved the way this book was written which drew me into the story of Paul Farmer from the start and found it hard to stop reading. Paul Farmer is a very inspirational person and I hope to be able to do at least a fraction of what he's done in the future. Great read for those who are interested in humanitarian work, public health and international health.
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