Cutting for Stone - Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone

By Abraham Verghese

  • Release Date: 2009-02-03
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
Score: 4.5
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Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Covenant of Water: A beautifully written, page-turning family saga of Ethiopia and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. • “Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters.... Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.” —USA Today

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.
 
This sweeping, emotionally riveting novel that "shows how history and landscape and accidents of birth conspire to create the story of a single life" (Los Angeles Times).

Reviews

  • Escaping to Addis Ababa

    5
    By Susan of the Wildhack
    Sick from what my doctor would describe as “residual crud” from some generic, nasty upper respiratory infection, I had been escaping into fiction after a heartbreaking election. When I mentioned to my doctor that I had been reading nonstop and was enamored of medically accurate fiction, she sat back a bit on her stool in front of the EHR and said, “I just read a book I think you’d like called “Cutting for Stone.” She described the Indian gynecologist who I now know as Hema, and I could see that she loved that character, and now I do too. I still have the residual crud, but it’s only been 2 days! The language used in this book is both lyrical and straight from Dorland’s, and it and this book are a delight.

  • Poignant

    5
    By lthoma2
    Engaging with great characters and a unique plot beautifully written.

  • Very fitting title. Perfect!

    5
    By Mitzi Parry
    I loved this book. I loved the way the author so intricately wove the story between continents, and people from so many different cultures. There was so much I learned from this book. I highly recommend it.

  • Beautiful Story

    5
    By MariaCorina
    I was completely immersed in this world, the way he writes is breathtaking

  • Terrific read!

    5
    By Jenhill585
    Stunning portrayal of complicated family relationships amidst the backdrop of Ethiopian history. Fantastically written.

  • Good travel read

    5
    By Feelinfair
    Read this book! It takes a few chapters to find your mojo. If you have any investment in medical or surgical interests, it will soon have you turning the pages. Great story and excellent writing!

  • Mesmerizing

    5
    By Matton Morgans
    I loved this book, I found the story and the writing heartbreaking and entrancing. Beautiful

  • One of the Best ever!

    5
    By jwadewind
    This book is so fabulous, I am speechless. It is a book that is beautifully written, a fascinating story, so full of interesting characters, information and scenery so well described that one is transported front Cochin to Madras, then to Addis Abba, New York and you feel like you were there.

  • I am ambivalent about the title.

    5
    By washoegal
    I loved this book very much. I did not want it to end. The writing is fantastic. I felt like I knew each of these characters.

  • Mesmerizing

    5
    By jessica drennan
    This is a lovely epic about the life of a family whose members are dedicated to medicine. The pace of the story never lags and never outruns itself. I was engaged from the beginning to the end. The story follows the lives of congenital twins . The description of life in Ethiopia and later the jarring comparisons to life in America during the same time period are entrancing. As many reviews state there is a lot of medical terminology and much of the story takes place in medical settings; however, this is just a sideline—a medium through which you will experience the true story of life, love, loss, and fulfillment. I can’t recommend this book enough.

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