'Cutting for Stone' author Abraham Verghese is back with the multigenerational family tale 'The Covenant of Water'
He credits his ability to have time for writing “The Covenant of Water” to working at Stanford University.
“The Department of Medicine and the medical school are incredibly supportive of my writing, treating it as my research equivalent. They’ve been patient — given how long this book took to come out,” said Verghese, who will make a book appearance June 5 at the University of San Diego, in partnership with Warwick’s.“I earn my keep with the other things I do. I’m vice chair of education with great responsibility for the experience of the students in internal medicine.
Verghese previously wrote the bestselling book “Cutting for Stone” and “My Own Country: A Doctor’s Story.” In 2015, President Obama presented him with the National Humanities Medal.“The Covenant of Water” is set in Kerala, South India, during the period of 1900 to 1977. The Parambil clan is part of a long-existing Christian community. The family suffers from a peculiar affliction — in every generation going back many generations, at least one family member dies by drowning.
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