Cutting for Stone
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.
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Beautiful but tragic story of twins Marion and Shiva, orphaned at birth, growing up in a turbulent Ethiopia during the reign of Haile Selaisse.
Lots of richly formed characters, and his descriptions of the medical procedures read almost like prose.
Lots of richly formed characters, and his descriptions of the medical procedures read almost like prose.
What a beautiful book! I am absolutely enamored of Abraham Varghese's writing. His characters all came to life for me in the reading of this book and their stories will live on in my mind as heroic yet human individuals who I feel honored to have met in the pages of this book.
A good medical, historical, and family epic set mostly in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (it's a good thing to read an African novel now and again -- so far, I've read dozens set in Botswana, one in Rwanda and now this one).
I learned a lot about Ethiopia (a little about Heile Salassie & Eritrea) and medical practice in Africa as well as the U.S. A very good story with wonderful character development. It's not a thriller or one that keeps you on the edge of your seat but it is a very satisfying novel.
I learned a lot about Ethiopia (a little about Heile Salassie & Eritrea) and medical practice in Africa as well as the U.S. A very good story with wonderful character development. It's not a thriller or one that keeps you on the edge of your seat but it is a very satisfying novel.
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