Cutting for Stone: A Novel (Unabridged)
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4.2 • 164 Ratings
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- $24.99
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- $24.99
Publisher 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).
Customer Reviews
Incredibly talented writer
The author of this novel is incredibly gifted. This is writing at its best. The story is well crafted, the descriptions rich and incomparable. I understand that to tell a story with this high of caliber, some length is required. However I still feel that the story is a bit too long, so I took off a star. I really want to read/listen to “Covenant of Water” but am not looking forward to a 30 plus hour book on audio. If not for the length, it would be a 5 star review for me.
Brilliant, complex characters
Great story, always unexpected plot twists and fascinating, complex characters. I love how the authors ties in his medical knowledge- it really adds depth to the story.
Extraordinary
One of the most engrossing books I’ve ever read... triumphant !!!