A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home.
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A stunning debut novel from the author of "My Own Country": an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, fathers and sons, doctors and patients, exile and home.
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Book was formally a library book and has library markings and stickers. Book may have little to no writing and/or underlining inside, and is in overall good condition. Cover may have some cosmetic wear. Fast shipping!
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Signed and inscribed by Abraham Verghese on title page. Fourteenth printing. Hardcover in jacket, price intact on jacket flap. Owner name on a sticker affixed to the inside front cover, hidden beneath jacket flap. Otherwise clean and unmarked. Binding strong. Light wear. Jacket now in fresh Mylar. Very good condition. Additional photos available upon request. All of our books are carefully wrapped and shipped in a box.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. A fine copy of this wonderfully evocative volume by Verghese. THe book is in fine condition. There is a small red dot on the bottom of the text block.
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NEAR FINE in Fine jacket. 541, [7] 8vo, orange paper over boards backed in black, gilt spine lettering, deckled fore edge. Remainder mark to tail edge, exceedingly clean and sharp otherwise. The surgeon and professor's first novel was a surprise runaway hit spending over 2 years on the NYT bestseller list and selling over 1 million copies in that time.
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Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. Signed by Author(s) 1st Printing. First printing of the author's splendid first novel, SIGNED by author on the title page. Clean and tight copy with small spots of discoloration to bottom of spine cloth-not to jacket, so probably from production. Dust jacket bright and free of tears, with minor edgewear and crinkles to extremities. Presentable in new archival dust jacket protector.
Interesting characters, especially Gosh. Way to technical and medical for my reading taste.
My opinion, a better read if about half the pages. Became redundant and the story not that believable.
Author is definitely a brilliant writer!
Paul T
Jan 16, 2014
Fascinating story.
A story of the life of a Physician.
A boyhood spent in a mission hospital in Addis Abba and his early career as a doctor in the U.S.
This is a really good read.
The times in the mission hospital are well described and interspersed with clinical histories.
Life as a junior physician (intern) in the poorer end of New York and the characters he works with are well defined .
The writing is excellent. I enjoyed this book!
calexom@gmail.com
May 30, 2013
Excellent book
Superb writing. Gripping reading especially for those with some medical background since the author often uses medical terminology.
Robert M
Dec 15, 2011
Excellent Novel
This is a very well written, educatonal and interesting novel. Excellent character development. One the best novels I've read in years.
My only negative has nothing to do with the book itself, but with it's condition discription by the seller. Every paragraph is marked with an X in pencil, and ocassional comments. The discription indicated the book was in excellent condition with no mention of the markings.
deanie t
Dec 8, 2011
Didn't care for this long drawn out story. Could have been told in half the pages. Had to read first half of book before the story got somewhat interesting. Took everything I had not to toss it aside before finishing.