The Covenant of Water
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- 19,99 $US
Description de l’éditeur
From the New York Times–bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a
twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, Big Ammachi—will witness unthinkable
changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.
A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to humanunderstanding, and a humbling testament to the hardships undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with
humor, deep emotion, and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
Avis d’utilisateurs
Sneak Attack
Long, beautiful story. Getting through chapters 10-22, I struggled, but afterwards, it totally blossoms beautifully.
I didn’t give it a full 5 stars simply because some of the connections could’ve been reached and concluded much sooner.
Too much water
Way too long. Interesting but could have been told in 20hrs instead of 31hrs. At least I was able to listen at work while getting stuff done.
Poor quality of publication
Great story, well read. Don’t pick “read to end of chapter “ as it will cut off a few phrases. For orientation in the story it would be helpful if the list of contents would show the whole chapter title as read by the author, with place and time.