The Denver Post: “The Covenant of Water,” “A Gentleman in Moscow” and more quick book reviews from readers
“The Covenant of Water,” “A Gentleman in Moscow” and more quick book reviews from readers
Des Moines Register: In 'The Covenant of Water,' the divine is always near
Reviewer Sibani Ram is a recent graduate of Duke University who grew up in Dubuque. See the author: Dr. Abraham Verghese will read from "The Covenant of Water" at the Iowa City Public Library at 7 p.m ...
NPR: Novel 'The Covenant of Water' tells of a family in India haunted by a medical mystery
Abraham Verghese is a physician and an author whose books always reflect some part of his life. His new novel is called "The Covenant Of Water." It's his first in more than a decade since the ...
Novel 'The Covenant of Water' tells of a family in India haunted by a medical mystery
When you come to the end of Abraham Verghese's new novel, "The Covenant of Water," you will feel that you have lived among the Indian and Anglo-Indian characters who populate its pages for almost a ...
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Review: Abraham Verghese’s ‘The Covenant of Water’ braids stories over generations
"THE COVENANT OF WATER: A NOVEL" by Abraham Verghese (Grove, 724 pages, $32). As with many English idioms, "doubting Thomas" traces its origins to the New Testament: The Gospel of John recounts the ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Review: Joy, humor and tragedy combine in Verghese's long-awaited 'Covenant of Water'
Eighteen years in the making, Abraham Verghese's "The Covenant of Water" was worth the wait. It is also worth the weight — an elephantine 2-plus pounds and 715 pages that will task the wrists of ...