Mountains of Public Health

Tracy Kidder interviewed on Paul Farmer: "You titled your book after the Haitian proverb 'D?y? m?n gen m?n,' meaning 'beyond mountains there are mountains.' Is this description of the Haitian landscape also symbolic of the obstacles that Paul Farmer and the Haitian people have faced, and continue to face?

Exactly. The proverb as I understand it means 'beyond mountains, more mountains.' But I looked at it harder and saw a verb in there: 'gen.' I think it's the verb 'there are,' or it could be 'one gains'?beyond mountains, one gains mountains. Haitians use the phrase in two different ways: to say that there's no end to obstacles, and also to say that there's no end to opportunities. "