Bibliograph

Cutting for stone, a novel, Abraham Verghese

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Label

Cutting for stone, a novel, Abraham Verghese

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references: p. [543-544]

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Cutting for stone

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

767834888

Responsibility statement

Abraham Verghese

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between an Indian nun and a British surgeon at a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. Orphaned by their mother's death in childbirth and their father's disappearance, they are bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine. Marion flees his homeland fresh out of medical school when he and his brother fall in love with the same woman. He goes to work in an underfunded New York hospital until his past catches up with him, nearly destroying him, and he must trust his life to his father and brother

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