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Much will be written about Abraham Verghese's multigenerational ... Indeed, the literary feats in The Covenant of Water deserve to be lauded as much as those of such canonical authors.
There’s a large whiteboard to the side of Abraham Verghese ... This is where the cast of his new novel, “The Covenant of Water,” took shape — where he jotted down notes and drew sketches ...
His breakout was the 2009 novel “Cutting for Stone,” a sprawling family saga whose plot hinges on disease and surgical procedures. The title derives from a line in the Hippocratic Oath warning ...
THE COVENANT OF WATER, by Abraham Verghese Abraham Verghese occupies ... and has won awards for both fiction and nonfiction. His last novel, “Cutting for Stone,” spent more than two years ...
Oprah Winfrey has selected "The Covenant of Water," written by acclaimed author Abraham Verghese ... renowned for his word-of-mouth bestseller "Cutting for Stone," which has captivated over ...
To understand Abraham properly, one needs to understand the centrality of God’s covenant with Abraham. As the Fourth Eucharistic Prayer tells us, “Again and again [God] offered a covenant to ...
Tickets are on sale to see Dr. Abraham Verghese ... author of New York Times best-selling novels “Cutting for Stone” and “The Covenant of Water,” was vice chair for the Theory and Practice ...
Dr. Abraham Verghese ... A subsequent novel, 2009's "Cutting for Stone," spent two years on The New York Times bestseller list. But his second novel, "The Covenant of Water," was closest to ...
When you come to the end of Abraham Verghese's new novel, "The Covenant of Water," you will ... Like Verghese's acclaimed novel "Cutting for Stone," this one features a medical component ...
After Ethiopia’s 1974 coup cut short Verghese’s medical studies ... diagnose patients by listening and close examination. The Covenant of Water opens at the turn of the century in Kerala.