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Type
Novel
ISBN
9780802162175
Book Title
Covenant of Water : a Novel
Item Length
9 in
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication Year
2023
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
2.3 in
Author
Abraham Verghese
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Medical, Literary
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
30.7 Oz
Number of Pages
736 Pages

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OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret "One of the best books I've read in my entire life. It's epic. It's transportive . . . It was unputdownable!"--Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning--and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants. A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.

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GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802162177
ISBN-13
9780802162175
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Book Title
Covenant of Water : a Novel
Author
Abraham Verghese
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Sagas, Family Life, Medical, Literary
Publication Year
2023
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
736 Pages

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Item Length
9 in
Item Height
2.3 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
30.7 Oz

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Ps3622.E744c68 2023
Reviews
Praise for Cutting for Stone : "A winner . . . Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters . . . Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist."-- USA Today "Beautiful . . . Amazing."-- New Yorker "Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. You may never leave the chair."-- Los Angeles Times "Tremendous . . . Vivid and thrilling . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it."-- Atul Gawande "Absorbing, exhilarating."-- Seattle Times "Engrossing . . . Endearing . . . A passionate, vivid, and informative novel." -- Boston Globe "The novel is full of compassion and wise vision . . . I feel I changed forever after reading this book."-- Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio Express-News "Stupendous . . . An epic medical romance, surgery meets history. Beautiful and deeply affecting."-- Financial Times "Vivid . . . Cutting for Stone shines."-- Washington Post Book World "A masterpiece . . . Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Vastly entertaining and enlightening."-- Tracy Kidder "Wildly imaginative . . . A lovely ode to the medical profession."-- Entertainment Weekly "Compelling . . . Readers will put this novel down at book's end knowing that it will stick with them for a long time to come."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fantastic . . . Written with a lyrical flair, told through a compassionate first-person point of view, and rich with medical insight and information."-- Houston Chronicle, Praise for The Covenant of Water : "From the very first page of Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water , I was overtaken with joy. Truly, I caught my breath, absorbing such beauty. What a sure faith this novel is--what an agreement with language. What a glorious story of land and family. What a brilliant path written across generations."-- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois " The Covenant of Water is a brilliant novel, one I feel lucky to experience. It is enthralling; its conjured worlds vigorous and astonishing; its characters so real they call me back to their lives. I wanted to read this book for whole days and nights, and do little else."-- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning Praise for Cutting for Stone : "A winner . . . Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters . . . Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist."-- USA Today "Beautiful . . . Amazing."-- New Yorker "Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. You may never leave the chair."-- Los Angeles Times "Tremendous . . . Vivid and thrilling . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it."-- Atul Gawande "Absorbing, exhilarating."-- Seattle Times "Engrossing . . . Endearing . . . A passionate, vivid, and informative novel." -- Boston Globe "The novel is full of compassion and wise vision . . . I feel I changed forever after reading this book."-- Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio Express-News "Stupendous . . . An epic medical romance, surgery meets history. Beautiful and deeply affecting."-- Financial Times "Vivid . . . Cutting for Stone shines."-- Washington Post Book World "A masterpiece . . . Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Vastly entertaining and enlightening."-- Tracy Kidder "Wildly imaginative . . . A lovely ode to the medical profession."-- Entertainment Weekly "Compelling . . . Readers will put this novel down at book's end knowing that it will stick with them for a long time to come."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fantastic . . . Written with a lyrical flair, told through a compassionate first-person point of view, and rich with medical insight and information."-- Houston Chronicle, Praise for The Covenant of Water : "From the very first page of Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water , I was overtaken with joy. Truly, I caught my breath, absorbing such beauty. What a sure faith this novel is--what an agreement with language. What a glorious story of land and family. What a brilliant path written across generations."-- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois " The Covenant of Water is a brilliant novel, one I feel lucky to experience. It is enthralling; its conjured worlds vigorous and astonishing; its characters so real they call me back to their lives. I wanted to read this book for whole days and nights, and do little else."-- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning "This majestic, sweeping story of family secrets--their curse, their legacy, and their cure--is intimate and profound. Abraham Verghese takes us on a journey across nearly a century and more than one continent, all the while dazzling with his rich, elegant prose. Verghese is a literary legend at the height of his extraordinary powers."-- Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires Praise for Cutting for Stone : "A winner . . . Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters . . . Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist."-- USA Today "Beautiful . . . Amazing."-- New Yorker "Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. You may never leave the chair."-- Los Angeles Times "Tremendous . . . Vivid and thrilling . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it."-- Atul Gawande "Absorbing, exhilarating."-- Seattle Times "Engrossing . . . Endearing . . . A passionate, vivid, and informative novel." -- Boston Globe "The novel is full of compassion and wise vision . . . I feel I changed forever after reading this book."-- Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio Express-News "Stupendous . . . An epic medical romance, surgery meets history. Beautiful and deeply affecting."-- Financial Times "Vivid . . . Cutting for Stone shines."-- Washington Post Book World "A masterpiece . . . Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Vastly entertaining and enlightening."-- Tracy Kidder "Wildly imaginative . . . A lovely ode to the medical profession."-- Entertainment Weekly "Compelling . . . Readers will put this novel down at book's end knowing that it will stick with them for a long time to come."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fantastic . . . Written with a lyrical flair, told through a compassionate first-person point of view, and rich with medical insight and information."-- Houston Chronicle, Praise for The Covenant of Water : Named a Most Anticipated Book by the Washington Post , Minneapolis Star Tribune , Oprah Daily , Publishers Weekly (Top 10), and BookPage "Reading The Covenant of Water I felt as if I''d been plunged into an atmosphere thicker than air, or as if I was swimming in a sea of stories, each more intense and unforgettable than the last."-- Sandra Cisneros, author of Woman Without Shame "From the very first page of Abraham Verghese''s The Covenant of Water , I was overtaken with joy. Truly, I caught my breath, absorbing such beauty. What a sure faith this novel is--what an agreement with language. What a glorious story of land and family. What a brilliant path written across generations."-- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois " The Covenant of Water is a brilliant novel, one I feel lucky to experience. It is enthralling; its conjured worlds vigorous and astonishing; its characters so real they call me back to their lives. I wanted to read this book for whole days and nights, and do little else."-- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning "This majestic, sweeping story of family secrets--their curse, their legacy, and their cure--is intimate and profound. Abraham Verghese takes us on a journey across nearly a century and more than one continent, all the while dazzling with his rich, elegant prose. Verghese is a literary legend at the height of his extraordinary powers."-- Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires "A novel of utter beauty, The Covenant of Water is worthy of all praise in its depiction of medical ingenuity and family love; it is epic and eye-opening, the sort of story that only a singular mind like Abraham Verghese''s could have woven."-- Imbolo Mbue, author of How Beautiful We Were Praise for Cutting for Stone : "A winner . . . Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters . . . Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist."-- USA Today "Beautiful . . . Amazing."-- New Yorker "Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. You may never leave the chair."-- Los Angeles Times "Tremendous . . . Vivid and thrilling . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it."-- Atul Gawande "Absorbing, exhilarating."-- Seattle Times "Engrossing . . . Endearing . . . A passionate, vivid, and informative novel." -- Boston Globe "The novel is full of compassion and wise vision . . . I feel I changed forever after reading this book."-- Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio Express-News "Stupendous . . . An epic medical romance, surgery meets history. Beautiful and deeply affecting."-- Financial Times "Vivid . . . Cutting for Stone shines."-- Washington Post Book World "A masterpiece . . . Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Vastly entertaining and enlightening."-- Tracy Kidder "Wildly imaginative . . . A lovely ode to the medical profession."-- Entertainment Weekly "Compelling . . . Readers will put this novel down at book''s end knowing that it will stick with them for a long time to come."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fantastic . . . Written with a lyrical flair, told through a compassionate first-person point of view, and rich with medical insight and information."-- Houston Chronicle, Praise for The Covenant of Water : Named a Top 10 Anticipated Book by Publishers Weekly "From the very first page of Abraham Verghese''s The Covenant of Water , I was overtaken with joy. Truly, I caught my breath, absorbing such beauty. What a sure faith this novel is--what an agreement with language. What a glorious story of land and family. What a brilliant path written across generations."-- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois " The Covenant of Water is a brilliant novel, one I feel lucky to experience. It is enthralling; its conjured worlds vigorous and astonishing; its characters so real they call me back to their lives. I wanted to read this book for whole days and nights, and do little else."-- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning "This majestic, sweeping story of family secrets--their curse, their legacy, and their cure--is intimate and profound. Abraham Verghese takes us on a journey across nearly a century and more than one continent, all the while dazzling with his rich, elegant prose. Verghese is a literary legend at the height of his extraordinary powers."-- Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires "A novel of utter beauty, The Covenant of Water is worthy of all praise in its depiction of medical ingenuity and family love; it is epic and eye-opening, the sort of story that only a singular mind like Abraham Verghese''s could have woven."-- Imbolo Mbue, author of How Beautiful We Were Praise for Cutting for Stone : "A winner . . . Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters . . . Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist."-- USA Today "Beautiful . . . Amazing."-- New Yorker "Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. You may never leave the chair."-- Los Angeles Times "Tremendous . . . Vivid and thrilling . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it."-- Atul Gawande "Absorbing, exhilarating."-- Seattle Times "Engrossing . . . Endearing . . . A passionate, vivid, and informative novel." -- Boston Globe "The novel is full of compassion and wise vision . . . I feel I changed forever after reading this book."-- Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio Express-News "Stupendous . . . An epic medical romance, surgery meets history. Beautiful and deeply affecting."-- Financial Times "Vivid . . . Cutting for Stone shines."-- Washington Post Book World "A masterpiece . . . Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Vastly entertaining and enlightening."-- Tracy Kidder "Wildly imaginative . . . A lovely ode to the medical profession."-- Entertainment Weekly "Compelling . . . Readers will put this novel down at book''s end knowing that it will stick with them for a long time to come."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fantastic . . . Written with a lyrical flair, told through a compassionate first-person point of view, and rich with medical insight and information."-- Houston Chronicle, Praise for The Covenant of Water : "From the very first page of Abraham Verghese''s The Covenant of Water , I was overtaken with joy. Truly, I caught my breath, absorbing such beauty. What a sure faith this novel is--what an agreement with language. What a glorious story of land and family. What a brilliant path written across generations."-- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois " The Covenant of Water is a brilliant novel, one I feel lucky to experience. It is enthralling; its conjured worlds vigorous and astonishing; its characters so real they call me back to their lives. I wanted to read this book for whole days and nights, and do little else."-- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning "This majestic, sweeping story of family secrets--their curse, their legacy, and their cure--is intimate and profound. Abraham Verghese takes us on a journey across nearly a century and more than one continent, all the while dazzling with his rich, elegant prose. Verghese is a literary legend at the height of his extraordinary powers."-- Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires "A novel of utter beauty, The Covenant of Water is worthy of all praise in its depiction of medical ingenuity and family love; it is epic and eye-opening, the sort of story that only a singular mind like Abraham Verghese''s could have woven."-- Imbolo Mbue, author of How Beautiful We Were Praise for Cutting for Stone : "A winner . . . Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters . . . Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist."-- USA Today "Beautiful . . . Amazing."-- New Yorker "Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. You may never leave the chair."-- Los Angeles Times "Tremendous . . . Vivid and thrilling . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it."-- Atul Gawande "Absorbing, exhilarating."-- Seattle Times "Engrossing . . . Endearing . . . A passionate, vivid, and informative novel." -- Boston Globe "The novel is full of compassion and wise vision . . . I feel I changed forever after reading this book."-- Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio Express-News "Stupendous . . . An epic medical romance, surgery meets history. Beautiful and deeply affecting."-- Financial Times "Vivid . . . Cutting for Stone shines."-- Washington Post Book World "A masterpiece . . . Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Vastly entertaining and enlightening."-- Tracy Kidder "Wildly imaginative . . . A lovely ode to the medical profession."-- Entertainment Weekly "Compelling . . . Readers will put this novel down at book''s end knowing that it will stick with them for a long time to come."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fantastic . . . Written with a lyrical flair, told through a compassionate first-person point of view, and rich with medical insight and information."-- Houston Chronicle, Praise for The Covenant of Water : Named a Top 10 Anticipated Book by Publishers Weekly "Reading The Covenant of Water I felt as if I''d been plunged into an atmosphere thicker than air, or as if I was swimming in a sea of stories, each more intense and unforgettable than the last."-- Sandra Cisneros, author of Woman Without Shame "From the very first page of Abraham Verghese''s The Covenant of Water , I was overtaken with joy. Truly, I caught my breath, absorbing such beauty. What a sure faith this novel is--what an agreement with language. What a glorious story of land and family. What a brilliant path written across generations."-- Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, author The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois " The Covenant of Water is a brilliant novel, one I feel lucky to experience. It is enthralling; its conjured worlds vigorous and astonishing; its characters so real they call me back to their lives. I wanted to read this book for whole days and nights, and do little else."-- Megha Majumdar, author of A Burning "This majestic, sweeping story of family secrets--their curse, their legacy, and their cure--is intimate and profound. Abraham Verghese takes us on a journey across nearly a century and more than one continent, all the while dazzling with his rich, elegant prose. Verghese is a literary legend at the height of his extraordinary powers."-- Dani Shapiro, author of Signal Fires "A novel of utter beauty, The Covenant of Water is worthy of all praise in its depiction of medical ingenuity and family love; it is epic and eye-opening, the sort of story that only a singular mind like Abraham Verghese''s could have woven."-- Imbolo Mbue, author of How Beautiful We Were Praise for Cutting for Stone : "A winner . . . Filled with mystical scenes and deeply felt characters . . . Verghese is something of a magician as a novelist."-- USA Today "Beautiful . . . Amazing."-- New Yorker "Verghese creates this story so lovingly that it is actually possible to live within it for the brief time one spends with this book. You may never leave the chair."-- Los Angeles Times "Tremendous . . . Vivid and thrilling . . . I feel lucky to have gotten to read it."-- Atul Gawande "Absorbing, exhilarating."-- Seattle Times "Engrossing . . . Endearing . . . A passionate, vivid, and informative novel." -- Boston Globe "The novel is full of compassion and wise vision . . . I feel I changed forever after reading this book."-- Sandra Cisneros, San Antonio Express-News "Stupendous . . . An epic medical romance, surgery meets history. Beautiful and deeply affecting."-- Financial Times "Vivid . . . Cutting for Stone shines."-- Washington Post Book World "A masterpiece . . . Verghese expertly weaves the threads of numerous story lines into one cohesive opus."-- San Francisco Chronicle "Vastly entertaining and enlightening."-- Tracy Kidder "Wildly imaginative . . . A lovely ode to the medical profession."-- Entertainment Weekly "Compelling . . . Readers will put this novel down at book''s end knowing that it will stick with them for a long time to come."-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch "Fantastic . . . Written with a lyrical flair, told through a compassionate first-person point of view, and rich with medical insight and information."-- Houston Chronicle
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    Perfect! Book looks brand new, definitely better than expected! And got here super quick too!

    Perfect! Book looks brand new, definitely better than expected! And got here super quick too!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: friends_htslibraries

  • Beautiful book!

    I am about one third into the book and it is excellent! It draws you in and it is an escape to another place and time. Beautifully written and look forward to reading it daily. Thank you!!

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: jhward002

  • Verghese has written such a lovely take that I bought a second copy as a gift

    Verghese has written such a lovely take that I bought a second copy as a gift

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • On going relationships. We are all connected with water.

    Good buy, Good author, learn something;-(

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  • Read this book

    One of the best books I ever read A master story teller a travelogue a medical education a reality check about so many things Bravo to a very talented writer and sharer of all the slings and arrows a life is dealt

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: dunkin_bookstore