Abraham Verghese - Inspiration for Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese talks about his literary influences and the inspiration for his bestselling novel, Cutting for Stone. www.randomhouse.com
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Cutting for Stone | Fizzy Thoughts
After their mother, Sister Mary Praise dies in childbirth and their father, Dr. Thomas Stone, disappears, they are adopted and raised by two Indian doctors, Hema and Ghosh. Marion and Shiva Stone are twin boys born to a nun that no one knew was pregnant. the mountains needed me to gaze at their tree-filled slopes, just as I needed them to be certain I was alive. Marion and Shiva are raised within the grounds of Missing Hospital, in Addis Ababa. A celestial gardener sowed meskel Verghese does a wonderful job of evoking Ethiopia throughout the novel. if I left, those mountains would sink back into the ground, descend into nothingness. The Entoto Mountains disappearing in darkness framed my horizons. Although they are of Indian and English descent, Ethiopia is an integral part of their lives....
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (Vintage, $15.95). Twin brothers grow up amid the political turmoil of Ethiopia. 9. The Art of Racing in the Rain by
