Audio Book Description:
At the center of MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist,anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-class Robin Hood, Farmer was brought up in a bus and on a boat, and in medicalschool found his life`s calling: to diagnose and cure infecious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine to those who need themmost. This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations thatseem insurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningfullife can be created, as Farmer brilliant, charismatic, charming, both a leader in international health and a doctorwho finds time to make house calls in Boston and the mountains of Haiti-blast through convention to get results. MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINStakes us from Harvard to Haiti,Peru, Cuba, and Russia as Farmer changes minds and practices through his dedication to the philosophy that"the only real nation is humanity." He enlists the help of the Gates Foundation, George Soros, the UN`s World Health Organization, and othersin his quest to cure the world.At the heart of this book is the example of a life based on hope, and on an understanding of the truth of theHaitian proverb "Beyond mountains are mountains":as you solveone problem, another problempresents itself, and so you go on and try to solvethat one too.
