Abraham Verghese Bücher

In diesem epischen Roman von Abraham Verghese wird die bewegende Geschichte einer Familie starker Frauen in Kerala um 1900 erzählt. Mariamma entdeckt ein Geheimnis über die Angst ihrer Familie vor Wasser, während sie den Herausforderungen des Lebens begegnet. Der Roman thematisiert Liebe, Tod, Schuld und Erlösung über fast ein ganzes Jahrhundert indischer Geschichte.

Ein meisterhaftes Epos über Familie, Intimität und die wundersame Schönheit, die darin liegt, andere zu heilen. Äthiopien in den sechziger Jahren: Marion und Shiva Stone, eineiige Zwillingsbrüder, wachsen als Waisenkinder in einem Missionshospital in Addis Abeba auf, der Kaiserstadt Haile Selassies. Ihre Mutter, eine schöne indische Nonne, starb bei ihrer Geburt, ihr Vater, ein britischer Chirurg, verschwand spurlos. Marion und Shiva sind unzertrennlich, und sie verbindet die Faszination für die Medizin, doch als sie zu jungen Männern heranwachsen, treibt die Liebe – ihre Leidenschaft für dieselbe Frau – einen Keil zwischen die beiden. Marion muß aus seinem von politischen Unruhen geschüttelten Heimatland fliehen, kommt nach Amerika und geht in seiner Arbeit in einem New Yorker Krankenhaus auf. Doch dann holt ihn die Vergangenheit ein, und er muß sein Leben ausgerechnet in die Hände der beiden Männer legen, denen er am wenigsten vertraut: seinem Vater, der ihn im Stich gelassen, und seinem Bruder, der ihn betrogen hat. Rückkehr nach Missing erzählt die unvergeßliche Geschichte einer großen Liebe: zu den Menschen und zur Medizin. Eine packende Familiensaga über Afrika und Amerika, Ärzte und Patienten, Exil und Heimat.

"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. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South 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 long-existing 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, known as 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 human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties 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"-- Provided by publisher

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION'One of the best books I've read in my entire life. It's epic. It's transportive . . . It was unputdownable!' Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.comSpanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water follows a family in southern India 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, 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 poignant beginning, the young girl and future matriarch - known as Big Ammachi - will witness unthinkable changes at home and at large over the span of her extraordinary life, full of the joys and trials of love and the struggles of hardship.A shimmering evocation of a lost India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the hardships undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with humour, deep emotion and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.

„Dieses gehört zu der Handvoll Bücher, die für mich universell sind. Ich empfehle es wirklich jedem.“ ANN PATCHETT Was macht das eigene Leben lebenswert? Was tun, wenn die Lebensleiter keine weiteren Stufen in eine vielversprechende Zukunft bereithält? Was bedeutet es, ein Kind zu bekommen, neues Leben entstehen zu sehen, während das eigene zu Ende geht? Bewegend und mit feiner Beobachtungsgabe schildert der junge Arzt und Neurochirurg Paul Kalanithi seine Gedanken über die ganz großen Fragen.

By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears. Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an urban problem had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency."

When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital.