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Ā«Grandiosa, espectacular y arrolladora.Ā»- The New York Times
Ā«Uno de los tres mejores libros que leĆdo en toda mi vida. [...] Ćpico, emocionante, absorbente.Ā»- Oprah Winfrey
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El pacto del agua sigue a una familia que sufre una aflicciĆ³n peculiar: en cada generaciĆ³n, al menos una persona muere ahogada, y en Kerala el agua estĆ” en todas partes. A principios del siglo XX, una niƱa de doce aƱos 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, serĆ” testigo de cambios impensables: una historia llena de alegrĆas, pruebas de amor y lucha ante las adversidades.
EvocaciĆ³n de una India desaparecida, imbuida de humor y emociĆ³n, 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.
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OPRAHāS BOOK CLUB PICK ā¢ INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ā¢ 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
āOne of the best books Iāve read in my entire life. Itās epic. Itās transportive . . . It was unputdownable!āāOprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com
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 Indiaās Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowningāand in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Keralaās 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 girlāand future matriarch, known as Big Ammachiāwill 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.
This book title, El pacto del agua / The Covenant of Water, ISBN: 9798890980151, by Abraham Verghese, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (October 24, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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