Abraham Verghese
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Listen: Audio Chat With Author Abraham Verghese
by Rachel Syme
As a culmination of our March NPR Book Club reading of Cutting for Stone, we spoke to author Abraham Verghese, a doctor and writer, about his bestselling novel.
NPR Book Club
NPR Book Club For March: 'Cutting For Stone'
Throughout the month of March, NPR Books will be running an online discussion about Abraham Verghese's novel Cutting For Stone. Find out how you can take part in the club, both on the Web and in your community.
Best Books Of 2009
Best Books For A Book Club? Lynn Neary's '09 Picks
by Lynn Neary
What makes a good book-club selection? Most of Lynn Neary's picks are quick reads. All are fiction. And, because some of the best conversations occur when people don't agree, a few are calculated to spark debate. So have a glass of wine, maybe a bite to eat, and let the discussions begin.
Books
Story Specialists: Doctors Who Write
by Lynn Neary
The history of literature is filled with authors who also performed surgery or scribbled prescriptions. Lynn Neary speaks with two doctors who are also fiction writers — Abraham Verghese and Terrence Holt — about the link between medicine and writing literature.
Excerpts: Best Books 2009
Excerpt: 'Cutting for Stone'
by Abraham Verghese
Excerpt: 'Cutting for Stone'
Book Tour
An Epic Of Ethiopia, Full Of Medical Lore
by Lynn Neary
Physician Abraham Verghese's debut novel, Cutting for Stone, is a big, sprawling story of an Ethiopian surgeon, his family and his craft. The author is best known for his memoir My Own Country.
Poetry
Books That Are Just What the Doctor Ordered
As summer officially arrives this week, it's time to think about books to buy, borrow or check out of the library. Dr. Abraham Verghese, director of the Center for Medical Humanities and Ethics at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, offers a brief reading list.
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