Mountains Beyond Mountains

Books | Biography & Autobiography / Medical (incl. Patients)

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Tracy Kidder

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 20th Anniversary Edition, with a new foreword by the author • “[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 establishment’s 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 life’s calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need them most. Tracy Kidder’s 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 people’s 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

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Author

Tracy Kidder

Pages

352

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published Date

2003-09-09

ISBN

1588363341 9781588363343

Ratings

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"Although the author sort of denied it, this is really the story of Paul Farmer and his quest to save the world. This is a really inspiring book about a man who stops at nothing to help people in poverty through his foundation Partners In Health. As the author says in the end, I don’t want to be Farmer, but I’m glad he’s around and the world needs more of him. "