<P> The novel opens in the year 1952 . Saboor , an impoverished farmer from the fictional village of Shadbagh , decides to sell his three - year - old daughter Pari to a wealthy , childless couple in Kabul . The choice devastates his ten - year - old son , Abdullah , who raised Pari following their mother 's death in childbirth . </P>
<P> The novel opens in the year 1952 . Saboor , an impoverished farmer from the fictional village of Shadbagh , decides to sell his three - year - old daughter Pari to a wealthy , childless couple in Kabul . The choice devastates his ten - year - old son , Abdullah , who raised Pari following their mother 's death in childbirth . </P>
who is saboor in and the mountains echoed
who is saboor in and the mountains echoed
an impoverished farmer from the fictional village of Shadbagh
an impoverished farmer from the fictional village of Shadbagh