Cutting For Stone
The multi-million copy bestseller from the author of Oprah’s Book Club pick The Covenant of Water
$25.03
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2010
Summary
An enthralling, exotic saga spanning five decades and three continents, rife with forbidden love and desire; betrayals, murder, medicine and family secrets.
Two surgeon brothers begin life in Ethiopia and face forbidden love, betrayal and murder in this enthralling saga that spans five decades and three continents.
“A huge, rich, ambitious tapestry of a novel…tremendous” - The Times
“There is a gravity and beauty in his writing that sets it apart from much contemporary…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099443636 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099443635 |
| Author: | Abraham Verghese |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 366g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Vintage Books |
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This huge, rich, ambitious tapestry of a novel makes insomnia a pleasure…tremendous
This huge, rich, ambitious tapestry of a novel makes insomnia a pleasure…tremendous * The Times *There is a gravity and beauty in his writing that sets it apart from much contemporary fiction * Daily Telegraph *Tremendous, compassionate, exuberant * Independent *The reader feels there really is something at stake - birth, love, death, war, loyalty * Guardian *Tremendousm compassionate, exuberant – Michael Bywater * Independent *
About The Author
Abraham Verghese
Born and brought up of Indian parents in Ethiopia, Abraham Verghese qualified as a doctor in Madras and is currently professor of medicine at Stanford University, California. He is the author of My Own Country, an NBCC finalist made into a film directed by Mira Nair, and The Tennis Partner, a New York Times Notable Book. His essays and stories have appeared in the New York Times, The New Yorker, Esquire, Granta, New York Times Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal. He lives in Palo Alto, California.
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