Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World - Tracy Kidder Audiobook

Written by Tracy Kidder
Read by Paul Michael
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date: June 3, 2003
Duration: 10:56:43

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.”

Founding director of Partners in Health, medical anthropologist, physician, and infectious disease specialist Farmer is one of the unsung heroes of the modern world, constantly moving among Haiti, Peru, and Boston. Pulitzer Prize winner Kidder shares his impressions and knowledge of and admiration for Farmer in this professionally produced biography. While the work is told in English, Creole, French, and Spanish words appear throughout. Paul Michael’s speech is distinct, evenly paced, and foreign words are pronounced clearly. There are no background noises, tape hiss, or other distractions, and the final sentence of one side is repeated at the beginning of the next side, aiding in continuity.

Paul Michael captures the book’s mix of intensity and elaboration beautifully. He offers conversations and the story’s many dramas with just the right amount of edge-of-your-seat passion. And by varying his pace and tone, Michael also manages to keep one keenly involved in the interesting, though long, expository passages in which Kidder explores the intersection of medicine and geopolitics today. A very good rendition of an important book. A.C.S. (c) AudioFile