Cutting For Stone [Lingua inglese]: The multi-million copy bestseller from the author of Oprah’s Book Club pick The Covenant of Water - Brossura

Verghese, A.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0099443635 ISBN 13: 9780099443636

Casa editrice: Random UK, 2010

Riassunto

My brother, Shiva, and I came into the world in the late afternoon of the twentieth of September in the year of grace 1954. We took our first breaths in the thick air of Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia.

Bound by birth, we were driven apart by bitter betrayal. No surgeon can heal the would that divides two brothers. Where silk and steel fail, story must succeed.

To begin at the beginning...

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Recensione:

"This huge, rich, ambitious tapestry of a novel makes insomnia a pleasure...tremendous" (The Times)

"There is a gravity and beauty in his writing that sets it apart from much contemporary fiction" (Daily Telegraph)

"Tremendous, compassionate, exuberant" (Independent)

"The reader feels there really is something at stake - birth, love, death, war, loyalty" (Guardian)

"Tremendousm compassionate, exuberant" (Michael Bywater Independent)

Descrizione del libro:

An enthralling, exotic saga spanning five decades and three continents, rife with forbidden love and desire; betrayals, murder, medicine and family secrets.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Random UK
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0099443635
• ISBN 13: 9780099443636
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 560