An enthralling, exotic saga spanning five decades and three continents, rife with forbidden love and desire; betrayals, murder, medicine and family secrets.
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.
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
*Independent*
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 *
Focusing on the world of medicine, this epic first novel by well-known doctor/author Verghese (My Own Country) follows a man on a mythic quest to find his father. It begins with the dramatic birth of twins slightly joined at the skull, their father serving as surgeon and their mother dying on the table. The horrorstruck father vanishes, and the now separated boys are raised by two Indian doctors living on the grounds of a mission hospital in early 1950s Ethiopia. The boys both gravitate toward medical practice, with Marion the more studious one and Shiva a moody genius and loner. Also living on the hospital grounds is Genet, daughter of one of the maids, who grows up to be a beautiful and mysterious young woman and a source of ruinous competition between the brothers. After Marion is forced to flee the country for political reasons, he begins his medical residency at a poor hospital in New York City, and the past catches up with him. The medical background is fascinating as the author delves into fairly technical areas of human anatomy and surgical procedure. This novel succeeds on many levels and is recommended for all collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 10/1/08.]-Jim Coan, SUNY Coll. at Oneonta Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information.
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