Cutting for stone : a novel / Abraham Verghese.
By: Verghese, A. (Abraham).
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Vintage Books, c2009Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [669-670]).Description: 667, [3] p. : map ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9780375714368; 0375714367.Subject(s): Physicians -- Fiction | Brothers -- Fiction | Fathers and sons -- Fiction | Ethiopia -- Fiction | Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- FictionDDC classification: 813/.6 Summary: Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between 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 a revolution.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 813.6 V586 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003483997 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [669-670])
Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between 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 a revolution.
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