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ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Abraham Verghese is a physician and an author whose books always reflect some part of his life. His new novel is called "The Covenant Of Water." ...

Abraham Verghese is a physician and an author whose books always reflect some part of his life. His new novel is called "The Covenant Of Water." It's his first in more than a decade since the ...

Last night, a friend and I attended the lecture by Dr. Abraham Verghese, whose first novel, "Cutting for Stone", was published last February. ... Books Feb 11, 2010 at 11:47 am.

Abraham Verghese mines that history — and larger debates about faith and science — in his sprawling, textured, leisurely second novel, "The Covenant of Water," prismed through native Indians ...

Abraham Verghese occupies a curious place in the modern literary landscape. A doctor who decided midcareer to train at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, he has gone on to achieve distinction in both ...

ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Abraham Verghese is a physician and an author whose books always reflect some part of his life. His new novel is called "The Covenant Of Water." ...