Cutting for Stone

Description

Cutting for Stone (2009) is a novel written by Ethiopian-born Indian-American medical doctor and author Abraham Verghese. It is a saga of twin brothers, orphaned by their mother's death at their births and forsaken by their father. The book includes both a deep description of medical procedures and an exploration of the human side of medical practices. When first published, the novel was on The New York Times Best Seller list for two years and generally received well by critics. With its positive reception, Barack Obama put it on his summer reading list and the book was optioned for adaptations.

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Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death 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. 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 miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. --back cover

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Other Editions

• Cutting for Stone: a novelPaperbackVintage Books2010-01-01
• Rückkehr nach MissingInsel2009-01-01
• Cutting for StoneHardcoverAlfred A. Knopf2009-01-01
• Cutting for StoneElectronic resourceKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group2009-01-01
• Cutting for StoneeBookMONDADORI2009-01-01
• Cutting for StoneAudiobook DownloadRandom House Audio2009-02-03