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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * "[A] masterpiece . . . an astonishing book that will leave you questioning your own life and political views." - USA Today "If any one person can be given credit for transforming the medical establishments thinking about health care for the destitute, it is Paul Farmer. . . . [Mountains Beyond Mountains] inspires, discomforts, and provokes." - The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) In medical school, Paul Farmer found his lifes calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidders magnificent account shows how one person can make a difference in solving global health problems through a clear-eyed understanding of the interaction of politics, wealth, social systems, and disease. Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes peoples minds through his dedication to the philosophy that "the only real nation is humanity."WINNER OF THE LETTRE ULYSSES AWARD FOR THE ART OF REPORTAGE This deluxe paperback edition includes a new Epilogue by the author
About the Author
Tracy Kidder is an American author and Vietnam War veteran. Kidder may be best known, especially within the computing community, for his Pulitzer Prize-winning , an account of the development of Data General's Eclipse/MV minicomputer. The book typifies his distinctive style of research. He began following the project at its inception and, in addition to interviews, spent considerable time observing the engineers at work and outside of it. Using this perspective he was able to produce a more textured portrait of the development process than a purely retrospective study might. Kidder followed up with , in which he chronicles the design and construction of the award-winning Souweine House in Amherst, Massachusetts. reads like a novel, but it is based on many hours of research with the architect, builders, clients, in-laws, and other interested parties. In 2003, Kidder also published after a chance encounter with Paul Farmer. The book was held to wide critical acclaim and became a bestseller. The actor Edward Norton has claimed it was one of the books which has had a profound influence on him.
