tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post908539398877017802..comments2023-09-17T07:34:05.147-07:00Comments on The Blogging Bookworm: Book Review: Mountains Beyond MountainsGreen Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-38111252267471988882008-09-16T20:42:00.000-07:002008-09-16T20:42:00.000-07:00Joyce, thank you for a great review and everyone e...Joyce, thank you for a great review and everyone else for the comments. I too have been thinking about Paul Farmer and the people of Haiti and keep hoping for good news of his hospital. I am heartened by the fact that this book is being read so widely in the universities. <BR/><BR/>There is another doctor in Cambodia, <A HREF="http://www.beat-richner.ch/Assets/richner_present.html" REL="nofollow">Dr. Richner</A>, doing similar and equally impressive work. On Saturday nights he performs a solo cello concert for the tourists to Anghor Wat, shows a short film of his work and at the end asks for the crowds money or their blood. His tactics appear to be working. <BR/><BR/>These men are heros.Kale for Salehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02467378353738682141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-67644449910998848712008-09-16T20:05:00.000-07:002008-09-16T20:05:00.000-07:00anonymous: Thanks for sharing. I haven't had ...anonymous: Thanks for sharing. I haven't had a chance to find the transcript, but I have thought of Farmer many times during this hurricane season and wondered how his work was faring. I'm sorry to hear that it's as bad as it sounds. Appreciate your comments.<BR/><BR/>susanb: Thanks for the tips on the Collapse book. I have to confess that I'd never given Haiti a minutes's thought before I read the Farmer book. It would be really interesting to know the history of what happened.<BR/><BR/>audrey: Wow, I had no idea this book was so popular in the universities! That's wonderful news. I know there must be others out there like Farmer, but they haven't had so much press. It would be great to know who they are so some support could go their way as well.<BR/><BR/>gb: It should make a really interesting follow-up to "3 Cups." I read them in the other order, so I'll be interested to see what you think. There are a lot of similarities, even though the focus (& hemisphere!) is different.<BR/><BR/>Joyce: Thanks again for such a great review!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896172914500564208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-64671298993860737542008-09-16T12:56:00.000-07:002008-09-16T12:56:00.000-07:00Just to clarify, the University of Illinois has 72...Just to clarify, the University of Illinois has 7200+ freshmen this year, and is the flagship public university in Illinois, so it draws top students, both from here and all over the world. I'm so excited that so many young people, studying every imaginable discipline, will go into their careers with this book as an influence, and I'm grateful to Joseph White, the university president, for his desire to see thses students become servants to mankind.<BR/><BR/>Also, to post I put up the day following my review has a 60 Minutes film clip that some might find interesting about Farmer.Joycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10463831506588682774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-52691668633947764772008-09-16T10:19:00.000-07:002008-09-16T10:19:00.000-07:00I clearly need to read this book.I clearly need to read this book.Green Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133847111288382381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-42104204938335330542008-09-16T09:44:00.000-07:002008-09-16T09:44:00.000-07:00All of the freshmen read this a couple of years ag...All of the freshmen read this a couple of years ago at the university where I taught. It is a powerful book and there's enough there to keep talking for a whole year. Paul Farmer is an amazing person who brings a lot of attention to how poverty and poor health coexist. He's not the only one doing this, but sometimes it comes off this way.<BR/><BR/>As part of the project I had the opportunity to meet Tracy Kidder, and he has become a staunch advocate for universal health care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-70133926482828350312008-09-16T07:45:00.000-07:002008-09-16T07:45:00.000-07:00I saw Paul Farmer in a short profile on a nightly ...I saw Paul Farmer in a short profile on a nightly news program sometime in the last year. It was fascinating and inspiring. I'll put this book on my list -- and thanks for the democracy now tip. For anyone interested in how Haiti got the way it is and why the Dominican Republic has been different, Jared Diamond's book Collapse has a section comparing the history and environmental decisions of these two areas -- it could be read as a standalone without reading the rest of the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3356966849272755180.post-11641324748505149562008-09-16T03:30:00.000-07:002008-09-16T03:30:00.000-07:00donna, several years ago i too read and loved moun...donna, several years ago i too read and loved mountains beyond mountains. just last week paul farmer was a guest (again) on democracy now! with amy goodman. you could possibly find a transcript online at the democracy now! website. he had just returned to the states from gonaives having witnessed first hand the results of the series of tropical storms/flooding in haiti these last few weeks. having read this book, you will, i'm sure, as i did, appreciate fully his comment to amy- that in 25+ years of health aid work amongst the poorest of the world's poor, he has never before experienced such heartbreak as what he witnessed going on in gonaives right now. he made an urgent call to the health community to help stem this huge and escalating humanitarian and health crisis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com