Mountains Beyond Mountains
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
“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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Community Reviews
Fabulous story but too long. Far too many details. It did make me feel like I understood not only Paul Farmer's work but his motivations but I believe he could have done this with fewer examples and less detail.
I've started this book several times and never gotten all the way through it until now. I listened to it in the car on CDs. Much easier to take in that way.
I've started this book several times and never gotten all the way through it until now. I listened to it in the car on CDs. Much easier to take in that way.
If only ALL doctors are like Dr. Paul Farmer. His understanding of health, society, and humanity is all-consuming. He was a great mediator among “capitalists, commies, and Jesus Christians.” He knew how to appeal to WLs and the most conservatives alike. He knew when to acknowledge good health and medical practice regardless of political standing. He put it best:
“It’s embarrassing that piddly little projects like ours should serve as exemplars,” Farmer told me. “It’s only because other people haven’t been doing their jobs.”
All medical clinics (nonprofit and otherwise) NEED to be modeled after Haiti Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante. Always choose the O for the P: “a preferential option for the poor.”
RIP, Dr. Farmer. You leave behind a living legacy of love and care for the least of us.
“It’s embarrassing that piddly little projects like ours should serve as exemplars,” Farmer told me. “It’s only because other people haven’t been doing their jobs.”
All medical clinics (nonprofit and otherwise) NEED to be modeled after Haiti Partners In Health and Zanmi Lasante. Always choose the O for the P: “a preferential option for the poor.”
RIP, Dr. Farmer. You leave behind a living legacy of love and care for the least of us.
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