Dèyè mon gen mon.
Beyond mountains there are mountains.

-Haitian Proverb

  In Mountains Beyond Mountains, writer Tracy Kidder shows how one person can make a difference as he tells the story of a gifted man who is in love with the world and has set out to do all he can to cure it.
     At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer, Chief of the Division of Social Medicine and Health Inequalities at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.  This magnificent book shows how radical change can be fostered in situations that seem insurmountable, and it also shows how a meaningful life can be created, as Farmer blasts through convention to get results.
     At the heart of this book is the example of a life based on hope, and on an understanding of the truth of the Haitian proverb "Beyond mountains there are mountains": as you solve one problem, another problem presents itself, and so you go on and try to solve that one too.
     "Mountains Beyond Mountains unfolds with the force of a gathering revelation," says Annie Dillard, and Jonathan Harr says, "Farmer wants to change the world.  Certainly this luminous and powerful book will change the way you see it."