|
Cutting for Stone |  | Author: Abraham Verghese
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 22.00
Buy New: CDN$ 15.74
as of 9/7/2010 13:19 EDT details
You Save: CDN$ 6.26 (28%)
New (6) from CDN$ 15.74
Seller: Canada Media
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 44
Media: Paperback
Pages: 688
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 1.2
ISBN: 0307357783
EAN: 9780307357786
ASIN: 0307357783
Publication Date: January 26, 2010
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
| |
| Similar Items:
| |
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
 Cutting for Stone August 17, 2010
Margaret Bernard
A very interesting read. A little difficult to get into and certainly not for the casual reader. However once you are caught up in the story a book that can't be put down.
 Not for me July 4, 2010
Augustina (West Coast, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
After reading the first few chapters, I decided that this book is not for me - not the style of writing, nor the content, a lot of which I found insensitive and somewhat vulgar.
 Cutting For Stone July 1, 2010
L. Herbert (Greely, Ontario Canada)
This novel touched me in so many ways. It made me cry and laugh all the way through. I love medicine and this novel's hero speaks in the language of medicine, adding to the fullness of the story. The characters are colourful and so unique. This is a book which will leave you wanting more, and I would happily recommend you read it. I for one, haven't come across anything so rich and delightful in a long time.
Masterful writer. Unforgettable characters, richly woven story. June 15, 2010
Samantha (Ontario, Canada)
More than a family saga, this is a novel of mythic proportions. It begins with a wallop and never stops. While fictional, the historical and cultural backdrop of the Haile Selassie era of Ethiopia provides solid ground for this deeply satisfying tale of the lives of the nuns, doctors and helpers who run a mission hospital in Addis Ababa. While the narrator and main protagonist of the story is an identical twin born to one of the nuns, the other characters are all indelibly burned into my memory. Verghese breathes life into each individual in a brilliant layered manner that is very gratifying. Highly educational, he makes the various diseases, treatments and surgeries incredibly vivid and real; I felt I was there, witnessing the doctors making tiny silk sutures, handing them retractors or holding the hand of a patient. He manages this without a moment of boredom. An ethnically interesting mix of Indians, Ethiopians, Eritreans, British and Americans makes the novel convincing and fascinating. While the heady climax occurs in the U.S., the core story begins and ends in Ethiopia, as it should. Simply brilliant.
A Great Read! May 31, 2010
TJ (Ontario Canada)
The only part of this long, medically- detailed book that I didn't like was the choice of names of the male twins-Marion & Shiva.
Otherwise, this was a highly realistic, skillfully written, medically accurate, book. The details might put a lot of readers off but I found them both relevant and interesting.
I really recommend this book.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 10
|
|
|
CERTAIN CONTENT THAT APPEARS ON THIS SITE COMES FROM AMAZON.CA INC. THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED ‘AS IS’ AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME. EZYBUY BARGAIN NET | |
