Cutting for stone by abraham verghese was so eloquently written i did not want to take a break from reading for fear of abandoning the characters in the book. However, it eventually spread to the provinces and this is the true story of how dr. A doctors story by abraham verghese 1995, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Cutting for stone by abraham verghese, paperback barnes. Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. Abraham verghese is a professor at stanford universitys school of medicine and the author of the new york times bestseller my own country. See all books authored by abraham verghese, including when breath. We try to keep bookbrowses biographies both up to date and accurate, but with many thousands of lives to keep track of its a tough task. This is a long, ambitious novel, dickensian in its scope, detailing the not only the life of marion stone, but the struggling charity hospital in which he is raised, and the turmoil of ethiopia in the 1960s and 1970s. In 2016 verghese received a national humanities medal from president obama. Dr verghese attended madras christian college and later madras medical college, and since then has studied and worked in the usa.
Yet cutting for stone is all the better for verghese s encyclopaedic knowledge and affection for its content. His essays and short stories have appeared in the new yorker, the new york times, sports illustrated, the atlantic monthly, esquire, story, granta, the new york times magazine, the wall street journal, and elsewhere, and he is a regular correspondent for. Working in johnson city was abraham verghese, a young indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Abraham verghese is the professor for the theory and practice of medicine at the stanford university school of medicine and senior associate chair of the department of internal medicine. Abraham verghese is an author, physician and med school professor.
Abraham verghese primary author only author division. Abraham verghese is the rare physician to succeed with both fiction and nonfiction. At first, i wasnt sure id like the book, as i expected it to be quite sad. Abraham verghese books list of books by author abraham verghese. He is also the author of three bestselling books, two memoirs and a novel. Verghese s descriptive and engaging narrative pulled me into the story so well i could close my eyes and believe i too was in the hospitals in addis ababa and new york city. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. I had the sense i could not control the world i was in, in the daytime, but at night through fiction, i could cross all boundaries, he said. More than 150 years of reporting on the evolution of medicine by abraham verghese 20150607. After two successful works of nonfiction, abraham verghese explains why he decided to try his hand at fiction. The janitor turned physician walked past it to the lip of the stage at the ohio theatre tuesday night, clasped his elegant hands before him and spoke. Verghese knows what hes talking about, toothe guy is a professor at stanfords med school, and hes written lots of essays, short stories, and a couple of other novels since this one. Cutting for stone was one of amazons and publishers weeklys best books of.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cutting for stone. Abraham verghese is a physicianauthor, professor for the theory and practice of medicine at stanford university medical school and senior associate chair of the department of internal medicine. A doctors story is abraham verghese s author of the fictional cutting for stone moving account of his years as a doctor in tennessee, specializing in working with patients with aids. A graduate of the iowa writers workshop, his essays and short stories have appeared in the new yorker, the new york times, the atlantic monthly, esquire, granta, the wall street journal, and elsewhere. As a boy, he was drawn to both these passions by the stories of. Aug 11, 2014 physician and writer abraham verghese describes our strange new world where patients are merely data points, and calls for a return to the traditional oneonone physical exam. His third book and first novel, cutting for stone, was published by knopf in 2009. Abraham verghese is a physician and the author of two acclaimed books of nonfiction, the tennis partner and my own country. Verghese is a powerful writer, and his rendering of the aids crisis immortalizes the victims of the aids crisis in johnson city. The introduction, questions, and suggestions for further reading that follow are designed to enhance your groups discussion of abraham vergheses acclaimed novel, cutting for stone. Abraham verghese quotes william carlos williams, dorothy.
The power of telling a story is central to verghese s relation to his patients. Whether practicing medicine or literature, abraham verghese teaches how to. Abraham verghese has said that his ambition in writing cutting for stone was to tell a great. My own country abraham verghese page 50 read online. All stories by abraham verghese page 2 the atlantic. The experience has informed his work as a doctor and as a writer. 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. Handpicked recommendations to authors who have a similar writing style to abraham verghese. In our era of the patientasdatapoint, abraham verghese believes in the oldfashioned physical exam, the bedside chat, the power of informed observation. The vocation of healing is a central theme in the acclaimed novel cutting for stone by abraham verghese, who writes that doctors must believe. A doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids.
Buy short stories by abraham verghese from waterstones today. In what ways is cutting for stone an oldfashioned storyand what does it share with the great novels of the nineteenth century. Books by abraham verghese author of cutting for stone. The story deals with the ultimate death of his friend and explores the issue and prevalence of physician drug abuse. Abraham verghese is professor and vice chair for the theory and practice of medicine at the stanford university school of medicine. Abraham verghese born 1955 is an american physician, author, professor for the theory and. Verghese sees this process as a lost art in medicine. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.
Abraham verghese and his work as an infectious disease physician in rural tennessee during the early years of the hiv pandemic. My own country is about the emergence of aids in a small town in the us. Verghese is the author of my own country vintage books, 1994, the tennis partner harpercollins, 1998, and cutting for stone alfred a. Abraham verghese is currently considered a single author. Moving unseen through the wards, he saw the patients with new eyes, as human beings rather than collections of illnesses. Nov 17, 2009 abraham verghese is a professor at stanford universitys school of medicine and the author of the new york times bestseller my own country. The power of telling a story is central to vergheses relation to his patients. In my own country is an autobiographical narrative of dr. Cutting for stone abraham verghese, 2009 knopf doubleday 541 pp. Verghese coped with the victims and problems of hiv and full blown aids. Abraham verghese born 1955 is an american physician, author, professor for the theory and practice of medicine at stanford university medical school and senior associate chair of the department of internal medicine. My own country received the lambda literary award for nonfiction and was selected by time as one of the top five books of 1994.
He was born in ethiopia to parents from kerala in south india who, along with hundreds of keralites, worked as teachers. Born of indian parents who were teachers in ethiopia, he grew up near addis ababa and began his medical training there. A story can serve to either save an individuals dignity or deny them their right to it. Before he finished medical school, abraham verghese spent a year on the other end of the medical pecking order, as a hospital orderly. He is also known for two acclaimed nonfiction works, my own country. Abraham verghese has said that his ambition in writing cutting for stone was to tell a great story, an oldfashioned, truthtelling story. Feb 03, 2009 cutting for stone ebook written by abraham verghese. Verghese persevered, receiving a master of fine arts degree in 1991 and going on to publish short stories about aids in the new yorker. Verghese s thesis was a collection of stories about aids, and he then went on to write my own country. He got more serious about writing after attending the iowa writers workshop at the university of iowa and earning a master of fine arts degree in 1991. Your previous two books are nonfiction, but youve said that you have always.
Abraham verghese s website this bio was last updated on 01152014. Abraham verghese s most popular book is when breath becomes air. Jul 16, 2010 the vocation of healing is a central theme in the acclaimed novel cutting for stone by abraham verghese, who writes that doctors must believe that ministering to others will heal our woundedness. Verghese recounts his growth from a relative innocent first encountering aids to an exhausted veteran who has to come to terms with the fact. Abraham verghese has books on goodreads with 679981 ratings.
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