Abraham Verghese
Indian-American physician and novelist whose Cutting for Stone is a sweeping novel of Ethiopian history and American medicine. His fiction combines medical knowledge with lyrical storytelling. He is one of the most celebrated physician-novelists in American literature.
Works
- My Own CountryMemoir of an Indian doctor confronting AIDS epidemic in America
- The Tennis PartnerMemoir about two men's friendship, medicine, and mental illness
- Cutting for StoneNovel about two foundlings raised by a surgeon in Ethiopia
- The Covenant of WaterMultigenerational saga of family, inheritance, and India's transformation