Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, AmongSchoolchildren, and HomeTown. He has been described by the BaltimoreSun as the "master of the
non-fiction narrative." This powerful and inspiring new book shows how one person can make a difference, as Kidder tells the
true story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to
cure it.At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a…
You hate to start a review off with a "beware", but here it seems appropriate. This isn't the kind of book you can read and file away, or read as a novel- although it is written almost as one and… This book tells the story of a remarkable physician. It is NOT a story of another kindly doctor but a well told story of a modern saint, warts and all. There is no syrupy emotional hype in the book…
