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Cutting for stone by abraham verghese, paperback barnes. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 541 pages and is available in hardcover format. Our cheap used books come with free delivery in the us. Author of the muchpraised medical memoir my own country, verghese, who is a doctor as well as an author, now offers an expertly composed first novel about missionaries in india and africa. Im on a plane and all of a sudden i hit a stretch of narrative that just totally wrecks me, and i start sobbing, and i mean like complete, shameless, snot. This is a long, ambitious novel, dickensian in its scope, detailing the not only the life of marion stone, but the struggling charity hospital in which he is raised, and the turmoil of ethiopia in the 1960s and 1970s. Yet cutting for stone is all the better for verghese s encyclopaedic knowledge and affection for its content. Abraham is a professor and vicechair for the theory and practice of medicine at the stanford university school of medicine. Cutting for stone march 8, 2011 throughout the month of march, npr books will be running an online discussion about abraham vergheses novel cutting for stone. Cutting for stone abraham verghese, 2009 knopf doubleday 541 pp. Verghese is a skilled writer and draws the reader into the book immediately.
Abraham verghese has said that his ambition in writing cutting for stone was to tell a great story, an oldfashioned, truthtelling story. The author of this fiction novel is abraham verghese. Marion and shiva stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful indian nun and a brash british surgeon. The book includes a deep description of both medical procedures and explores the human side of medical practices. When first published, the novel was on the the new york times best seller list for two years and generally received well by critics. Dr verghese attended madras christian college and later madras medical college, and since then has studied and worked in the usa. It is a saga of twin brothers, orphaned by their mothers death at their births and forsaken by their father. Still, verghese strives for the empathy of anne tyler and the scope of dickens. A novel is a popular novel that describes the story about twin brothers. Frequently asked questions answered by abraham verghese radio interview with verghese on ethiopia. Abraham verghese story, cutting for stone, takes us to ethiopia during haile selassies rule when poverty foments revolution and betrayal by subjects who want better living and working conditions for its citizens. Buy a cheap copy of cutting for stone book by abraham verghese.
The story begins with an intense, anatomical description of the birth of marion and shiva, twin boys born to sister mary joseph praise and her lover, a brash english surgeon, dr. The title of this book is cutting for stone and it was written by abraham verghese. Cutting for stone by abraham verghese modern mrs darcy. Cutting for stone by abraham verghese a story of ethiopias past halfcentury impresses aida edemariam. Marion and shiva stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful indian. Books by abraham verghese author of when breath becomes air. If he doesnt quite manage either, he is to be admired for his ambition. Feb 06, 2009 cutting for stone by abraham verghese. Cutting for stone by abraham verghese a story of ethiopias past half century impresses aida edemariam. It neither suggests the book s action as, say, digging to america does nor evokes its mood, as bleak house does.
Moving from addis ababa to new york city and back again, cutting for stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miraclesand two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. Sep 10, 2019 description of cutting for stone by abraham verghesepdf. Pdf cutting for stone book by abraham verghese free. Desirable daughters by bharati mukherjee beneath the lions gaze by maaza mengiste the god of small things by arundhati roy. Discount prices on books by abraham verghese, including titles like living dowry.
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