The new novel by the author of "Stone's Cuts", which immediately after the American edition became one of the main bestsellers. An epic story about people, India and medicine.
South India, family secrets; elephants that come to visit for dinner; mysterious spirits that live underground; medicine, its romance and harsh reality; destructive passions and healing wisdom. And also adventures, dreams, lots of colors, sounds, light, human stories woven into the history of India. It all begins in 1900 and ends in the late 1970s, although in fact it does not end at all. The story of several generations of an Indian Christian family from Kerala, amazingly connected with the story of a Scottish doctor from Glasgow, whom fate brought to India. But still, Abraham Verghese's novel is not just a family saga in exotic settings. This is a wise and kind story about how a family is created not by blood relationship, but by a common destiny; that there is always a choice, but not always the strength to make it; that we are all forever connected to each other by our actions and inactions and that no one is left alone.
Author: Abraham Verghese
Translation: Maria Alexandrova
Year of issue: 2024
Publisher: Phantom Press
Pages: 800
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 220x140x20
ISBN: 978-5-86471-959-6