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Cutting for Stone: A Novel

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Sunil Malhotra

24 Hours 0 Minutes

Random House (Audio)

February 2009

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the author of The Covenant of Water: An enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home. • “Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters.... Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist.” —USA Today

Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their mother’s death and their father’s disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.

Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again, Cutting for Stone is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miracles—and two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
 
This sweeping, emotionally riveting novel that 'shows how history and landscape and accidents of birth conspire to create the story of a single life' (Los Angeles Times).

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  • Shari Kaminsky

    This was so beautifully and lovingly written. I need to see more of Verghese's books. I could not stop listening.

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  • Charles R.

    I loved this book and the narrator. I have worked in the operating rooms for many years in various capacities. I even worked at the University of Colorado Medical Center while Dr. Thomas Starzl was doing his “pioneering work establishing the field of liver transplant surgery.” He was a very gifted surgeon.

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  • Melissa M.

    This must truly be one of the most wonderful books i have ever read (I have actually read it as well as listened) It is exquisite - the writing, the story, the characters in it - absolutely extraordinary. Dr Verghese writes from the depth of his spirit and vision - one follows the story wholly engaged with heart and mind - a rare and wonderful experience. And as for the narration- Sunil Malhotra catches every nuance of feeling, of expression so absolutely perfectly. One feels as if he lives through the voice and soul of each character. The beauty and depth of the writing is matched word for word by his profoundly sensitive narration. An amazing experience.

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  • Judy

    This book took me into another place and time, and keep me entertained there through the twisting story of these unfortunate twins born under unusual circumstances. This author can weave a tale!

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  • Laina O.

    Beautifully written! This is the second novel I have listened to by Abraham Verghese. Loved them both!!! Thank you Abraham!

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  • Valerie G.

    A fascinating read that challenged your vocabulary and imagination.

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  • Maria Y.

    Beautifully written. Captivating. Narrator was spot on.

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  • Michele S.

    Excellent book! Awesome narrator. Extremely long—-hard to finish for bookclub, but made for great discussion. May have had too much unnecessary medical detail. But really enjoyed it

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  • Anat B.

    captivating family saga, set in Ethiopia. A great opportunity to learn of another culture, A wonderful book. I was sad to end it.

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  • Deborah R.

    I absolutely loved this book. It was so well written, engaging and the narrator was excellent…

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