Cutting for Stone
Subtitle: a novel
By: Abraham Verghese.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed. (20)
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2010-01
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 670
ISBN-13: 9780375714368
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Physicians -- Fiction; Brothers -- Fiction; Fathers and sons -- Fiction; Ethiopia -- Fiction; Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Description: 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. <br> <br>Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, <i>Cutting for Stone</i> is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined. --back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.