The Covenant of Water
19.99 €
In stock
The new novel by the author of "Cutting Stone", which immediately after the American edition became one of the main bestsellers. An epic story about people, India and medicine.
South India, family secrets; elephants that simply come to visit for dinner; mysterious spirits that live underground; medicine, its romance and harsh reality; destructive passions and healing wisdom. And also adventures, dreams, many colors, sounds, light, human stories woven into the history of India. It all begins in 1900 and ends in the late 1970s, although in fact it does not end at all.
The story of several generations of an Indian Christian family from Kerala, surprisingly connected with the story of a Scottish doctor from Glasgow, who was brought to India by fate. But still, Abraham Verghese's novel is not just a family saga in an exotic setting. This is a wise and kind story about how a family is created not by blood relationship, but by a common destiny; that there is always a choice, but not always the strength to make it; that we are all forever connected to each other by our actions and inactions, and that no one is left alone.
South India, family secrets; elephants that simply come to visit for dinner; mysterious spirits that live underground; medicine, its romance and harsh reality; destructive passions and healing wisdom. And also adventures, dreams, many colors, sounds, light, human stories woven into the history of India. It all begins in 1900 and ends in the late 1970s, although in fact it does not end at all.
The story of several generations of an Indian Christian family from Kerala, surprisingly connected with the story of a Scottish doctor from Glasgow, who was brought to India by fate. But still, Abraham Verghese's novel is not just a family saga in an exotic setting. This is a wise and kind story about how a family is created not by blood relationship, but by a common destiny; that there is always a choice, but not always the strength to make it; that we are all forever connected to each other by our actions and inactions, and that no one is left alone.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author