` ` And the Mountains Echoed '' is Khaled Hosseini 's first new novel in six years . ` ` The Kite Runner '' and ` ` A Thousand Splendid Suns '' have sold more than a million copies . ` Afghanistan provides inspiration and inspiration for writer 's journey . Writer says he yearns to take his wife and daughter to Afghanistan .
` ` And the Mountains Echoed '' is Khaled Hosseini 's first new novel in six years . ` ` The Kite Runner '' and ` ` A Thousand Splendid Suns '' have sold more than a million copies . Afghanistan provides inspiration and inspiration for writer 's journey . Writer says he yearns to take his wife and daughter to Afghanistan .