Cutting for Stone

图书标准信息

• 作者 Abraham Verghese（亚伯拉罕．佛吉斯） 著
• 出版社 Vintage
• 出版时间 2009-12
• ISBN 9780099443636
• 定价 78.90元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 560页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Amasterlydebutnovel,visceralinitspower,heartbreakinginitstenderness.Transportingthereaderfromthe1940stothepresent,fromaconventinIndiatoacargoshipboundfortheYemen,fromatinyoperatingtheatreinEthiopiatoahospitalintheBronx,CuttingforStoneisathrillingepicofconjoinedtwins,doctorsandpatients,temptationandredemption,homeandexile-andarivetingfamilystory,irresistiblychargedwithstrangehappenings,humourandpathos,thatgrabsyoufromitsharrowingopeningandneverletsgo.MarionandShivaStonearetwinsonsofasecretunionbetweenanIndiannunandaBritishsurgeonat'Missing'hospitalinAddisAbaba.Orphanedbytheirmother'sdeathinchildbirthandtheirfather'sdisappearance,boundtogetherbyapreternaturalconnectionandasharedfascinationwithmedicine,thebrotherscomeofageasEthiopiahoversonthebrinkofrevolution.Yetitwillbelove,notpolitics-theirpassionforthesamewoman-thattearsthemapartandforcesMariontofleehishomeland.HemakeshiswaytoAmerica,findingrefugeinhisworkasasurgicalinternatanunderfunded,overcrowdedhospital.Whenthepastcatchesupwithhim,Marionmusttrusthislifetothetwomenhethoughthetrustedleastintheworld:thesurgeonfatherwhoabandonedhim,andthebrotherwhobetrayedhim.CuttingforStoneisbothanunforgettablestoryoflivescutinhalfandagrippingevocationofthepower,intimacy,dangerandcuriousbeautyoftheancientartthatisatitsheart.

【作者简介】

BornandbroughtupofIndianparentsinEthiopia,AbrahamVerghesequalifiedasadoctorinMadrasandiscurrentlyprofessorofmedicineatStanfordUniversity,California.HeistheauthorofMyOwnCountry,anNBCCfinalistmadeintoafilmdirectedbyMiraNair,andTheTennisPartner,aNewYorkTimesNotableBook.HisessaysandstorieshaveappearedintheNewYorkTimes,TheNewYorker,Esquire,Granta,NewYorkTimesMagazine,andTheWallStreetJournal.HelivesinPaloAlto,California.