Cutting for Stone
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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese Md
The international bestseller with over one million copies sold. A sweeping, emotionally riveting first novel -- an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother's death in childbirth and their father's disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution. Yet it will be love, not politics -- their passion for the same woman -- that will tear them apart and force Marion, fresh out of medical school, to flee his homeland. He makes his way to America, finding refuge in his work as an intern at an underfunded, overcrowded New York City hospital. When the past catches up to him -- nearly destroying him -- Marion must entrust his life to the two men he thought he trusted least in the world: the surgeon father who abandoned him and the brother who betrayed him. An unforgettable journey into one man's remarkable life, and an epic story about the power, intimacy, and curious beauty of the work of healing others.
Abraham Verghese nació en Adis Abeba, la capital de Etiopía. De padres indios, Verghese estudió Medicina en Madrás y Estados Unidos, y en 1991 se graduó asimismo en el famoso Taller de Escritura Creativa de la Universidad de Iowa. Es autor de dos galardonados libros de memorias, The Tennis Partner y My Own Country, este último sobre su experiencia con enfermos de sida en una remota zona rural de Estados Unidos, en una época -mediados de los años 80- en la que a menudo todo lo que se podía hacer por aquellos pacientes era hacerles compañía y consolarlos. Esta obra fue llevada al cine por la directora Mira Nair. Los ensayos y relatos de Verghese han sido publicados enThe New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire y Granta. En la actualidad, vive en Palo Alto (California), donde escribe, ejerce de médico y enseña en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Stanford.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780375414497 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375414495 |
| Title | Cutting for Stone |
| Author | Abraham Verghese Md |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2009-02-03 |
| Number of pages | 541 |
| Prizes | Indies Choice Book Awards, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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