Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of

Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer

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 â€œmaster of the non-fiction narrative.â€ 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 â€œgeniusâ€ grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medical school found his lifeâ€™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 Farmerâ€”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 Haitiâ€”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.â€™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 â€œBeyond mountains there are mountainsâ€: as you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one too.

â€œMountains Beyond Mountains unfolds with the force of a gathering revelation,â€ says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr says, â€œ[Farmer] wants to change the world. Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it.â€
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780375506161
Color Cream
ReleaseDate 2003-09-09
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780375506161

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780375506161
Color	Cream
ReleaseDate	2003-09-09
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780375506161

Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer

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