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On the Shelf. The Covenant of Water. By Abraham Verghese Grove: 736 pages, $32 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support ...

Much will be written about Abraham Verghese's latest novel in the coming months and years; it's a literary feat that deserves to be lauded as much as those of the likes of Dickens and Eliot.

Abraham Verghese — novelist (“Cutting for Stone”), doctor and professor of medicine — introduces his enormous new novel, “The Covenant of Water,” with a personal note to advance ...

And if writing is Abraham Verghese opening his heart to the world, the world has answered in kind. The book stayed on The New York Times bestseller list for 37 weeks.

Abraham Verghese explains the elements of his life — South Indian roots, ... the book’s matriarch, whom we first meet as a 12-year-old bride in South India; her son, ...

What book should everybody read before the age of 21? “The World According to Garp,” by John Irving. I’d add “The Razor’s Edge,” by W. Somerset Maugham.

Abraham Verghese’s 724-Page Novel Is a Family Affair The physician-author’s new book, “The Covenant of Water,” contains traces of his mother, his cousin and his own medical experience ...

We catch up with Abraham Verghese on the book that is selected by Oprah Winfrey as her latest Book Club. Sprawling water bodies that are as inviting as a hot meal, and yet a family whose members can’t ...

Dr. Abraham Verghese, author and professor of medicine at Stanford University, discusses his latest book “The Covenant of Water,” out May 2, 2023 from Grove Atlantic. (Photo credit: Jason ...

Read an excerpt below, and don't miss Tracy Smith's interview with Abraham Verghese on "CBS Sunday Morning" April 21! "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese $19 at Amazon ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Andrew Solomon’s review of the new Abraham Verghese novel, “The Covenant of Water,” is that rare creature, the ambivalent ...