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Cutting For Stone

The multi-million copy bestseller from the author of Oprah’s Book Club pick The Covenant of Water

Abraham Verghese author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Vintage Publishing

Published:26th Dec '09

Should be back in stock very soon

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

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. Where silk and steel fail, story must succeed.

To begin at the beginning...

Two surgeon brothers begin life in Ethiopia and face forbidden love, betrayal and murder in this enthralling saga that spans five decades and three continents.

'A huge, rich, ambitious tapestry of a novel...tremendous' The Times

'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 wound that would that divides two brothers. Where silk and steel fail, story must succeed'

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

**OVER 1 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLD-WIDE**

Read this beloved modern classic from the author of Oprah Winfrey's Book Club pick The Covenant of Water.

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 *

ISBN: 9780099443636

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 34mm

Weight: 387g

560 pages