Abscond: A Short Story

By Abraham Verghese

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Published Jul 1, 2025

38 pages

Average rating: 6.56

25 RATINGS

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Sue Dix
Mar 14, 2026
10/10 stars
This is an intimate short story about life, about death, about mourning, about laughing. It feels true. We temporarily lose ourselves and hopefully we come back to ourselves, but we will never be the same.
Bea Melanie
Aug 05, 2025
5/10 stars
Very boring nothing happens of interest. Thankfully it was a short story
Elizabeth Richards
Jun 18, 2026
6/10 stars
A very short, but meaningful story..
B H
Dec 10, 2025
5/10 stars
Just ok
MnGal
Aug 15, 2025
1/10 star
Not worth it. Weak plot and the character development was not real stellar. Hard to believe this is the same author of Covenant of Water. Short stories are just not his style and strength.

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