By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears. Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an urban problem had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS...
By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears.
Ein meisterhaftes Epos über Familie, Intimität und die wundersame Schönheit, die darin liegt, andere zu heilen.§Äthiopien in den sechziger Jahren: Marion und Shiva Stone, eineiige Zwillingsbrüder, wachsen als Waisenkinder in einem Missionshospital in Addis Abeba auf, der Kaiserstadt Haile Selassies. Ihre Mutter, eine schöne indische Nonne, starb bei ihrer Geburt, ihr Vater, ein britischer Chirurg, verschwand spurlos. Marion und Shiva sind unzertrennlich, und sie verbindet die Faszination für die Medizin, doch als sie zu jungen Männern heranwachsen, treibt die Liebe ihre Leidenschaft...
Ein meisterhaftes Epos über Familie, Intimität und die wundersame Schönheit, die darin liegt, andere zu heilen.§Äthiopien in den sechziger Jahren...
An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone
When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and...
An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cut...
