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The covenant of water : a novel / Abraham Verghese.

Summary:

"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning-and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants. A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with humor, deep emotion, and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802162175
  • ISBN: 0802162177
  • Physical Description: 724 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Grove Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Subject: Families > Fiction.
Drowning > Fiction.
Kerala (India) > Fiction.
Glasgow (Scotland) > Fiction.
Drowning.
Families.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.
Novels.

Available copies

  • 1 of 2 copies available at Homer Library. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Homer Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Homer Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Homer Public Library F VERGHESE (Text) 000172304 Display -- Lit Lineup Checked out 11/26/2024
Homer Public Library F VERGHESE (Text) 000175311 Display -- Lit Lineup Reshelving -


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