Cutting for Stone

a novel

by ,

Paperback, 670 pages

English language

Published Jan. 4, 2010 by Vintage Books.

OCLC Number:
1027641093

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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. --back cover

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reviewed Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

shivamarion might have made me cry a little

I'm glad I started the year with this. I spent my weekend on this and have no regrets. ShivaMarion had me invested in their story through and through. It was emotional without being melodramatic. The writing is poignant and poetic in places. I'd seen some people complain that medical procedures and ailments were described in an unnecessary amount of detail, but as someone interested in human anatomy, I found these details captivating. The only minor complaint I have is about not getting to see more of the twins' birth mother's perspective, but then this is not her story, anyway.

Subjects

  • Physicians -- Fiction
  • Brothers -- Fiction
  • Fathers and sons -- Fiction
  • Ethiopia -- Fiction
  • Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction