Traumsammler (Ungekürzte Fassung)

Geschrieben von Khaled Hosseini

Erzählt von Boris Aljinovic und Maja Schöne

Abdullah ist zehn und liebt seine kleine Schwester Pari über alles. Die beiden leben in den erhabenen kargen Weiten Afghanistans und fürchten nur eines: den Dämon aus den fernen Bergen, der in Sturmnächten auf die Dächer der Häuser klopft und sich eines der Kinder holt. Eines Tages bringt der Vater die Geschwister nach Kabul; in der großen Stadt sucht er nach einem besseren Leben. Doch die beiden Kinder werden getrennt, und eine lebenslange Suche beginnt ...

• Sprache: Deutsch
• Herausgeber: Argon Verlag
• Erscheinungsdatum: 18. Sept. 2013
• ISBN: 9783839812679

Rezensionen für Traumsammler (Ungekürzte Fassung)

[readerspeak_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

The story boils down to people feeling powerless [or seeking autonomy] in their lives, no matter their station. I liked how the characters' stories interlaced, but perhaps the sheer number of characters was part of why it didn't hold my attention. I never felt like I was *rooting* for any of them.

[knittingmomof3 · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

I was both excited and nervous to read And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, I absolutely loved his first two books and while I hoped the third would be as wonderful, I also feared I had built my expectations too high, luckily I had not. And the Mountains Echoed is a book I feel enriched for having read. Hosseini once again transported me to not only another culture, but through several generations, and around the globe, holding me close to the characters and savoring each sentence. I cannot praise And the Mountains Echoed highly enough and I would recommend the book to all readers and most definitely to book discussion groups.

[grlintrrptdrdng · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Really glad I read And the Mountains Echoed. Hosseini is a good writer, can go a bit overboard with events that are meant to tug at peoples heartstrings, but he greatly improved with this book. It all starts with 1 event, bother and sister are separated at a young age. The book deals with various characters who are effected by this and finally at the end they are reunited. I love the ending, not cheesy where Abdullah can tell who she is right away and not even after she is there a month can he due to his old age and alzheimers. It was a little confusing at times remembering who this person was that was getting chapter because sometimes they were just mentioned in 1 sentence chapters ago or you'l fnd out who they are/how they relate to the siblings being split up in the last chapter. Overall a really good book.

[msaucier818 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Another really great book by Khaled Hosseini. I love how this author is able to make the reader connect with his characters. And not in a superficial way but in a way that makes you feel as if you know these people. The history of Afghanistan, and other parts of the world in this book, is well done and educating for me as someone who has never studied that part of the world.

The only thing that is difficult for me reading his books is how depressing they can be at times. This is not a criticism as much as reality, but there were times when I finished a chapter and could not let go of how sad the story was. The author is true to the story, and I think he will continue to have success with his books moving forward.

[rebarelishesreading · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Abdullah is seven when his baby sister, Pari, is born and his mother dies. His father has to struggle just to keep the family fed so Abdullah becomes Pari's main care taker and a very strong bond forms between them. The father remarries to a kind woman and more children are born but the uniquely strong bond between Pari and Abdullah remains. The story of this nuclear family and an uncle who works as a cook/chauffeur in Kabul is compelling.The problem is that as the book progresses many more characters are introduced with parallel story lines and the connections, when finally made, seem forced and unnecessary to the main story. Had this book been broken into three I would have enjoyed them all, but as it was it just seemed cumbersome.

[bogopea · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

Outstanding book, like his others. Except for the back and forth in time and characters, I couldn't help but feel compassion for these characters and admire their strength.

[snapsandreads · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Intertwined stories of people closely connected to each other for over 60 years are beautifully narrated in their own time. Several characters are touched into the stories, but my most favorite of all are Pari and Abdullah; siblings who were set apart when Pari was barely 4 years old and Abdullah at 10 years old I think. They were reunited after more than 55 years of separation through a touching ending.Following the stories of the different lives from 1949 up until 2010, I caught myself in great awe of the events that unfolded especially at the ending where most of my anticipation lied.

[uberbutter · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hossieni
402 pages

★★★★★ ♥

I have read Khaled Hossieni’s two other novels (The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns) and both were just amazing. I imagine he is one of those authors that feel the pressure to do as well if not better than his last novels. The author’s books are always so intense and full of description. Luckily, his latest book is also amazing meaning this author keeps his streak. And the Mountains Echoes is about family, love, the cycle of life, and how the choices we make effect us for a lifetime and even effect other people and generations.

This book deals with different people and their stories – but each story always comes back to certain people. I love it when an author can make a cohesive story, spanning time and place but still have it connect all so smoothly. This was the kind of book that I couldn’t stop reading yet tried to slow down for the sole reason that I just didn’t want it to end. But alas, it came to end but even the ending was amazing in my opinion. The writing and the descriptions were well done. Even though this is a bit different from Hosseini’s other novels, if you enjoys those previous novels I think you will enjoy this one just as much. Another winner from a spectacular author.

[kaianicole · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I remembered loving Hosseini’s other books when I read them 3 or 4 years ago, so I decided to give ‘And the Mountain Echoed’ a read despite it’s rather uninformative and generic blurb. And I'm glad I did. While the book does incorporate the stories and lives of character all over the globe, the main story centers around a brother and sister from rural Afghanistan who share an unusually close bond but are separated as children. One is raised as someone else's child, not remembering what was lost but feeling an absence all the same, and the other never forgetting, holding on to his memories as long as he is able.This book had a much wider reach and was not quite as dark, violent, or emotional as Hosseini's first two books, but I enjoyed it. 4.5 stars.

[rainpebble_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini; (3 1/2*)My third novel by Hosseini & the first one I haven't five starred. I was expecting to love this one as well, but it left me confused and ill prepared to keep my head in the book from about the final third of it. When the story came around to the latter part of our poet's life in France with her 'adoptive' daughter, Pari, I became almost disinterested. I continued the book because I am in love with this author's writing and I wanted to know what happened to all of the characters I fell in love with early on. I so wish I could have remained in love with this novel.

[knsievert · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I remembered loving Hosseini’s other books when I read them 3 or 4 years ago, so I decided to give ‘And the Mountain Echoed’ a read despite it’s rather uninformative and generic blurb. And I'm glad I did. While the book does incorporate the stories and lives of character all over the globe, the main story centers around a brother and sister from rural Afghanistan who share an unusually close bond but are separated as children. One is raised as someone else's child, not remembering what was lost but feeling an absence all the same, and the other never forgetting, holding on to his memories as long as he is able.This book had a much wider reach and was not quite as dark, violent, or emotional as Hosseini's first two books, but I enjoyed it. 4.5 stars.

[deltaqueen50 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

And the Mountains Echoed is the third book that I have read by author Khaled Hosseini. This one is slightly different from his previous two in that the focus is on many characters instead of concentrating on just one or two. Beautifully written the story moves through the upheaval of Afghanistan’s history from the early 1950’s to today. This book, for me, did not have the emotional punch that his previous two did, but does share some of the same themes of family, belonging, and loyalty. The book reads like many interconnected short stories, each one complete upon itself, yet all flowing together and painting a picture of how the past echoes through to the future. The central family connection in this book is siblings, in particular Abdullah, and his beloved baby sister, Pari. There is also the story of Abdullah’s stepmother, Parwana and her crippled sister. Also Parwana’s brother Nabi plays as major role. Using this web of stories the author expands our knowledge of the country of Afghanistan and on a more personal level, how important the sense of family and belonging is to human nature. Khaled Hosseini is a master storyteller and even though at times the stories were overly sentimental and I felt my emotions were being manipulated the impact was still powerful and his lyrical writing kept me enthralled. And The Mountains Echoed was a very good read.

[tina1969_1 · Bewertung: 1 von 5 Sternen]

Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live with their father and stepmother in the small village of Shadbagh. Their father, Saboor, is constantly in search of work and they struggle together through poverty and brutal winters. To Abdullah, Pari - as beautiful and sweet-natured as the fairy for which she was named - is everything. More like a parent than a brother, Abdullah will do anything for her, even trading his only pair of shoes for a feather for her treasured collection. Each night they sleep together in their cot, their heads touching, their limbs tangled. One day the siblings journey across the desert to Kabul with their father. Pari and Abdullah have no sense of the fate that awaits them there, for the event which unfolds will tear their lives apart; sometimes a finger must be cut to save the hand.My Thoughts:In my all time top twenty books you will find ‘The Kite Runner’ and at the time when I did read it I couldn’t put it down. The second book ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’ I didn’t enjoy as much. I hate to say this also that I didn’t enjoy this book so much either.The book started out great so I was really enjoying it. Then I felt that there were too many characters and their stories that were connected sometimes only in passing to Abdullah and Pari. I felt I was flitting about and reading about people who I didn’t really care for. The only characters I did care for were Abdullah and Pari. The story for me would have been better if it focused on the brother and sister and their story and whether they do finally meet up or not. This I will never no as I have given up with this book.A promising book which went flat very quickly and I found I was getting quite bored. At this moment in time the book remains unfinished and I have very little interest in finishing it.

[fatmashahin · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

4.5 stars

Very much different from Hosseini's other novels but nonetheless an exquisitely crafted story with a host of fascinating, nuanced characters.

And the Mountains Echoed was almost like a basket (this is why I'm not the author. Nonetheless, please indulge me whilst I attempt to be artistic). You have all these different strands that can stand on their own as wonderful stories but then you weave them all together and you've got this absolutely touching and all-embracing story that resonates so strongly with you.

You will definitely find a piece of yourself in all these characters, no matter how small. I know I did.

[rena37 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

And the Mountains Echoed And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniI liked this book but I found it a little difficult to follow all the characters at times. Hosseini weaves a complicated fabric of the past and present and how each life has progressed. I would have liked to have known more about the lives of some of the main characters and the one fault of the book is that it seems to jump around a lot from times and places and leaves you somewhat dissatisfied and wanting to know more.

[rena75 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

And the Mountains Echoed

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini And the Mountains Echoed And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniI liked this book but I found it a little difficult to follow all the characters at times. Hosseini weaves a complicated fabric of the past and present and how each life has progressed. I would have liked to have known more about the lives of some of the main characters and the one fault of the book is that it seems to jump around a lot from times and places and leaves you somewhat dissatisfied and wanting to know more

[pamjw · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

This is the story of Abdullah and his beloved sister Pari - torn apart by their fathers tough decision, and how their lives unfold.I found this book quite difficult to follow. Each chapter took a bit of getting in to. The story did evolve quite well, but to a rather predictable ending.

[nittnut · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

There is no doubt that Hosseini can write lyrically and compellingly and that he can bring the reader emotionally into a story. I have some doubt of his ability to manage a large number of characters and still produce the same emotional impact. The first part of [And the Mountains Echoed] is completely amazing. Reading the first couple of chapters, I thought that it could be even better than [The Kite Runner]. The story begins with a story, told by a father to his young son and daughter at bedtime. These children are exceptionally close, the older brother, Abdullah, has been like a mother to his sister. The story foreshadows what is about to happen to them, but only the father knows this. In the morning, they set off on a journey on which the son, the older brother is not invited. He is persistent and is finally allowed to come along. At the end of the journey, he finds that his sister is to be given to a wealthy couple in Kabul and they are separated. And then, suddenly, the story takes off on a tangent to someone else. And then another tangent to someone else. We only hear in passing of Abdullah and have no idea how Abdullah deals with the loss of his sister until the very end of the book when we find out that it has created in him a fear of separation that will, in turn, effect the life of his only daughter, and then he gets Alzheimer's and is unable to enjoy the long-awaited reunion with his sister. Unfortunately, by this time, I had completely given up hope of ever knowing Abdullah's story and could barely register an emotional response. Perhaps the intent was to mirror the experience of the characters in that they knew nothing of each other for decades. Even so, it didn't work for me. All the intervening stories, Markos and Thalia, Iqbal and his son, the two cousins who visit Afghanistan together, Pari's life in France, seemed disconnected and mostly frustrating to the point that I struggled a bit to finish the book. Sadly, compared to his two previous books, this one was a bit of a disappointment.

[durgaprsd04-1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Well this is a great book that talks about our relationship whose existence is the mere thread of human life . Having a family means a lot to most of us and it is simply a fact that we ignore the value of these relations. Our life as we know it depends a great deal on people who are around for a long time which mostly includes family.

[castlelass · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

This novel is a family saga consisting of interconnected stories. It starts with a fairy tale told to children, and the primary narrative is a take-off on this tale. Each chapter is told by a different character. It covers six decades and is initially set in Afghanistan, with other pieces and parts in Greece, France, and the US.

The premise and writing are decent, but I found it difficult to become engaged in this story. It feels a bit too fragmented. The linkages between the stories are only vaguely defined. I had previously read and enjoyed The Kite Runner, and much preferred it to this one.

There are three narrators for the audio book, and they do what I would call a barely passable job. Their voices are not modulated, and it gets abrasive over time. The physical or e-book would be a better option.

[burritapal · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

A re-read...This book follows the timelines of several families, across several continents. But the protagonist is really Pari, (pronounced more or less like Patty), an Afghan from a village 3 hours by car from Kabul. Though this is a fiction, it feels so real, as it is based on real events and how those events affected people's lives.
Pari lost her mother when she was born, her mother giving birth to her in their village hut. Now, Pari's father has remarried, and though the stepmother tries, she has her own problems. Additionally, The family is dirt-poor. So Pari's older brother Abdullah, is really her parent. The stepmother's brother works for a wealthy family in Kabul, and when Paris is 3 years old, the family arranges to adopt Pari, more or less buying her from her desperately poor family. This begins the dissolution of Abdullah's family.
So heartbreaking that you will cry, this book is also very uplifting, as it also demonstrates the power of family ties, drawing across the very continents. Such painstakingly drawn characters.

[pilgrimjess · Bewertung: 5 von 5 Sternen]

"I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.""You want a story and I will tell you one," is the opening line of this multi-generational family saga. It starts in 1952 with an impoverished Afghani father entertaining his children with a fable the night before they embark on a journey through the mountains of the book's title to Kabul, a fable that will still echo some sixty years later.In the fable a div, or demon, forces a father to a make terrible choice, a similar choice that the storyteller himself must also face. One of many characters states "A story is like a moving train, no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later." This is really very apt for this novel. Hosseini doesn't restrict the narrative to any single route, instead it flips from various characters, eras, countries and even continents as it weaves a series of inter-connected tales. Many of these tales initially seem like branch lines going nowhere other than to take the reader away from the two central siblings but eventually each tale helps the reader get to where they want to go, if not necessarily in the route they had expected.Throughout the novel there is grief, punishment, sadness and sorrow but there are also flashes of joy, happiness and atonement as it wends its way to its touching conclusion. But perhaps the over-riding emotion is guilt. How the decisions of parents can affect the lives of their offspring. This isn't a book where the Taliban are particularly prominent, rather the author looks at Afghanistan's relationship with the wider world; what its traumas have done to those who remain and also to those who leave. One that asks what the rich can do do for the poor?I found this a beautifully written and thought provoking read that not only took me on a roller-coaster of emotions but also gave me a brief insight into this conflicted and complex country and its people. As such I would highly recommend it.

[streamsong_1 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

As the novel opens in 1952 we are told of a brother and sister, living in a small poor village in Afghanistan. The siblings love each other dearly. Their father, however, decides he has no choice but to sell the little girl to a wealthy but childless couple in Kabul.The author plays out the story exploring several sets of sibling relationships over the next 50 years. The nine chapters are told by nine different narrators who sometimes only obliquely intersect the lives of the original two.As a novel, I found it rather disjointed, more like a set of intersecting short stories. I often had to struggle to place characters; this was probably intensified in that I listened to the audiobook over a period of time. I did, however, enjoy the portrait of Afghanistan and its history.

[sarahlh-41506 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I found a sad little fairy
Beneath the shade of a paper tree.

I know a sad little fairy
Who was blown away by the wind one night.

Once again, Khaled Hosseini has written a very powerful, emotionally impactful novel, this one tracing the paths of two siblings who were separated one day in 1952 and the many, many different people who connected them, entire families part of the story of Pari and Abdullah. The kind of novel that had me staying up late on several nights, wanting to read more.

[andy_dimartino · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

He has another best seller here!!! Like his circular style of writing and how he brings it all together at the end.

[carriewuj · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

Hosseini writes eloquently of his home country -- it's an elegy for Afghanistan's past before it became a pawn for powerful and ruthless regimes. The various stories and generations that are entertwined with history are haunting and memorable. Kite Runner is still the gold standard, but this does not disappoint.

[rrkreads · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

Story of fractured relationships and broken bonds. Exceptional storytelling by khaled hosseini but its more of everybody else's story than of a brother and sister.

[linyarai · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

I read this for the "A Book Set In The Middle East" part of my 2018 reading challenge. This was fantastic! Having not loved The Kite Runner I was a bit unsure at first, but it turned out to be terrific. I loved the different stories and the connections between all of the characters, and I thought the ending was really touching and well done.

[fiverivers_1 · Bewertung: 3 von 5 Sternen]

I came to And the Mountains Echoed expecting an historic tale which would sweep me away, given the literary acclaim Khaled Hosseini received for this epic novel set in Afghanistan.There is, in fact, much to praise in the novel. The writing is gorgeous, the characters well-drawn. But the plot and the way in which Hosseini chose to tell his tale fell short, at least for this reader. Hosseini chose to tell his story employing a literary device of recounting one story through several perspectives, and it is perhaps this device which diminished the impact of his work, at least for me, having never been a fan of this style.What I was left which was an unresolved story, which left more questions than answers. But perhaps this was in fact a clever device on Hosseini's part, because the issue of Afghanistan itself remains an unresolved nation, spilling from question to difficulty to question again.At its kernel, the story revolves around the separation of a brother and sister, brought about by staggering poverty, and their lifelong quest to find each other, and in the end, submit to the necessity of the metamorphosis of their lives.Recommended.

[debbiemccauley-2 · Bewertung: 4 von 5 Sternen]

1952: 10-year-old Abdullah and his 3-year-old sister Pari live in a remote and impoverished village in rural Afghanistan. Abdullah has raised Pari since their mother died giving birth to her. The family is very poor, so much so that one of their stepmother’s babies died from the cold. Their father decides to sell Pari to a wealthy, childless couple in Kabul for whom their uncle works as a chauffeur. On the way to Kabul, their father tells the children a story about another poor farmer who was forced to give up a beloved child. The significance of the story doesn’t register with Abdullah, until he realises what his father has done. The following chapters are told from the perspective of different characters, similar to a collection of short stories, but with the various narratives woven together. The other characters include their uncle Nabi, stepmother Parwana (who caused her twin sisters paraplegia and became her caregiver), Pari’s adoptive mother Nila (narcissistic poet) and her husband Mr. Wahdati, neighbours and cousins Idris (Afghan-American doctor) and Timur, Roshi (suffered terrible injuries when an uncle murdered her family), Amra (Bosnian nurse looking after Roshi in an Afghan hospital), Markos (Greek plastic surgeon working in Afghanistan), Thalia (friend of Markos, attacked by a dog as a child and victim of botched surgery), Adel (son of a wealthy war criminal) and Pari (daughter of Abdullah). 58 years later, in 2010, Abdullah and Pari are reunited in California. It’s not the happy ending though, as Abdullah is suffering from Alzheimer's disease and is upset by her presence. These complex characters and their stories are set against Afghanistan’s tumultuous history; from the pre-Soviet era through the years of the mujahedeen’s fight against the Soviet Union, the rise of the Taliban and the American invasion after the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001. The major theme is sibling relationships tied up with guilt and gratitude and affected by the past and present. A complex and well written novel by deeply insightful Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini.