-
“A
tale that inspires, discomforts and provokes.”
— New York Times
-
“If I ever go on a retreat again, this is the kind of
book I’d like to take for spiritual reading…[Kidder] knows it is impossible to
live like Farmer, but the impossibility is the very thing that can somehow give
us life.”
— Washington Post Book World
-
“This sensitive,
compelling portrait just might, beyond its educational value and absorbing
reading, spur at least some readers to help with the kind of action Farmer has
dedicated his life to.
— San Francisco Chronicle
-
“Remind[s] us that we’re implicated in all the problems
Farmer’s working to solve…His complicated humanity only makes him more like the
rest of us in our shortcomings—and leaves us asking why we all aren't a little
more like him in our virtues.”
— Newsday
-
“A true-to-life fairy tale, one that inspires you to
believe in happy endings. It is one of those books you’ll buy for your family
and friends.”
— Boston Globe
-
“Extraordinary
profile…It’ll fill you equally with wonder and hope.”
— People Magazine
-
“Mountains Beyond
Mountains will move you, restore your faith in the ability of one person to
make a difference in these increasingly maddening, dispiriting times. [Kidder
has] held his writer’s mirror up to an astonishing comet of a man whose
reflection flatters us all for what it says about our capacity for mercy and
healing.”
— San Diego Union-Tribune
-
“[A]
skilled and graceful exploration of the soul of an astonishing human being.”
— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
-
“[Kidder]
turns the small details of daily life into a sort of grand, universal poetry.”
— Entertainment Weekly
-
“Recounts
[Farmer’s] quest with grace and passion…both inspiring and guilt-provoking…the
reader’s conscience will likely feel a deserved jab.”
— Boston Magazine
-
“One of our finest writers of literary nonfiction brings
his brilliant attentiveness to a Harvard-trained infectious-disease specialist,
a real-life hero whose determination to improve health care in Haiti and
elsewhere borders on the messianic.”
— Philadelphia Inquirer
-
“Kidder’s words reveal Farmer with such startling clarity
that sometimes you are not aware you are reading. Instead, you are scrambling
up a Haitian hill alongside a genius. And you can’t wait to hear what he says
next.”
— Cleveland Plain Dealer
-
“[This book] gives us just the shot in the arm we all
need…Kidder does a remarkable job bringing Farmer to life. As much a poet as a
journalist, the author creates a three-dimensional hologram of the doctor…
Farmer is remarkable, and Kidder has done his usual wonderful job. This is a
book everyone should rush to read.”
— Minneapolis Star Tribune
-
“A treatise on goodness…Kidder, one of the best
nonfiction writers living today, is a methodical researcher and a penetrating
interviewer. Those qualities serve his readers well here…vivid and
heartrending.”
— St. Louis Post-Dispatch
-
“Easily the most
fascinating, most entertaining and, yes, most inspiring work of non-fiction
I’ve read this year.”
— Mercury News
-
“In
this excellent work, Pulitzer Prize–winner Kidder immerses himself in and
beautifully explores the rich drama that exists in the life of Dr. Paul Farmer…Throughout,
Kidder captures the almost saintly effect Farmer has on those whom he treats.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
-
“Kidder’s wonderful book is an antidote for cynics.”
— BookPage
-
“Mountains Beyond
Mountains is the only book I’ve read in years that made me feel like
cheering. It left me uncomfortable, guilty, and exhausted—but it also inspired
me, kept me up all night, and moved me to tears…Tracy Kidder has given us not
only an unforgettable book but an unignorable life lesson. Hurrah!”
— Anne Fadiman, author of The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
-
“A
profoundly inspiring and important book about one of the truly great men of our
time.”
— Ethan Canin, author of Carry Me Across the Water
-
“A fine writer and his extraordinary subject: Tracy
Kidder, in giving us Paul Farmer, lifts up an image of hope—and challenge—that
the world urgently needs. Simply put, this is an important book.”
— James Carroll, author of Constantine’s Sword
-
The central character of this marvelous book is one of
the most provocative, brilliant, funny, unsettling, endlessly energetic,
irksome and charming characters ever to spring to life on the page…He wants to
change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way
you will see it.”
— Jonathan Harr, author of A Civil Action
-
“Here
is a genuine hero alive in our times. Mountains
Beyond Mountains unfolds with the force of gathering revelation. Like all
of Tracy Kidder’s books, it is as hard to put down as any good and true story.”
— Annie Dillard, author of The Writing Life