Tracy Kidder is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the author of the
bestsellers The Soul of a New Machine, House, Among Schoolchildren,
and Home Town. He has been described by the Baltimore Sun 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 boat, and in medical school found his
life's calling: to diagnose and cure infectious diseases and to bring
the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most.
This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in
situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows how a
meaningful life can be created, as Farmer--brilliant, charismatic,
charming, both a leader in international health and a doctor who
finds time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of
Haiti--blasts through convention to get results. Mountains Beyond
Mountains 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" - a philosophy
that is embodied in the small public charity he founded, Partners In
Health. He enlists the help of the Gates Foundation, George Soros,
the U.N.'s World Health Organization, and others in his quest to cure
the world. 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 the force of a
gathering revelation," says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr says,
"[Farmer] wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and
powerful book will change the way you see it." From the Hardcover
edition.
Notes:
Includes "A reader's guide."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-317).
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light month for travel -- O for the P -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments
-- Selected Bibliography -- Reader's Guide.
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