El pacto del agua / The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Paperback Book

Description: El pacto del agua / The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description SELECCIÓN DEL CLUB DEL LIBRO DE OPRAH • ÉXITO INSTANTÁNEO EN LA LISTA DE LOS MÁS VENDIDOS DEL NEW YORK TIMES • TEMA DE UNA SERIE DE PODCASTS DE SEIS PARTES LLAMADA SUPER SOUL, PRESENTADA POR OPRAH WINFREYUna magistral saga familiar ambientada en la India del siglo XX que ha cautivado al pÚblico y la crítica por el autor de Hijos del ancho mundo. "Grandiosa, espectacular y arrolladora."- The New York Times "Uno de los tres mejores libros que leído en toda mi vida. [...] Épico, emocionante, absorbente."- Oprah WinfreyIncluido en los libros de ficción notables del New York Times de 2023 El pacto del agua sigue a una familia que sufre una aflicción peculiar: en cada generación, al menos una persona muere ahogada, y en Kerala el agua está en todas partes. A principios del siglo XX, una niña de doce años es enviada en barco para contraer matrimonio con un hombre de cuarenta al que no conoce. A partir de entonces, la joven y futura matriarca, conocida como Big Ammachi, será testigo de cambios impensables: una historia llena de alegrías, pruebas de amor y lucha ante las adversidades. Evocación de una India desaparecida, imbuida de humor y emoción, El pacto del agua es un himno al entendimiento humano y al progreso de la medicina, y un testimonio de las dificultades sufridas por las generaciones pasadas por el bienestar de quienes viven ahora.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONOPRAHS BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY 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 "One of the best books Ive read in my entire life. Its epic. Its transportive . . . It was unputdownable!"—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.comListed as one of The New York Times Notable Fiction Books of 2023 The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South Indias 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 Keralas 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. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years. Author Biography Abraham Verghese nació en Adís Abeba en 1955. De padres indios, estudió Medicina en la India y Estados Unidos. Conocido por su innovador trabajo en la atención del sida y su defensa de la medicina de familia, ha publicado dos conmovedores testimonios relacionados con su profesión: My Own Country y The Tennis Partner. Graduado en el Taller de Escritura Creativa de la Universidad de Iowa, Verghese es autor de Hijos del ancho mundo (Salamandra, 2010), una novela que ha vendido más de un millón y medio de ejemplares en Estados Unidos se ha traducido a más de veinte idiomas y está en curso de adaptación a la gran pantalla por Anonymous Content. Sus ensayos y relatos han aparecido en The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire y Granta. En la actualidad, vive en Palo Alto (California), donde escribe, ejerce de médico y enseña en la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Stanford. El pacto del agua (Salamandra, 2023) es su Última novela. Details ISBN-13 9798890980151 Title El pacto del agua / The Covenant of Water Author Abraham Verghese Format Paperback Year 2023 Pages 784 Publisher Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial GE_Item_ID:151335243; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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