Overview
Relanzamos esta historia apasionante que sigue a sus protagonistas a travĆ©s de la India, Ćfrica y AmĆ©rica a lo largo de cinco dĆ©cadas.
En el modesto hospital Missing de Adis Abeba, EtiopĆa, nacen dos gemelos, Marion y Shiva Stone, hijos de una monja india que muere en el parto y de un cirujano britĆ”nico que desaparece sin dejar rastro. Los primeros aƱos de los hermanos Stone transcurren en el feliz microcosmos del hospital misionero, criados por un grupo de personas que se afana en curar a los enfermos, pero con el paso del tiempo sus vidas comenzarĆ”n a tambalearse ante la presiĆ³n de los acontecimientos que sacuden EtiopĆa, hasta que los hermanos se ven arrastrados por caminos diferentes. Esta historia apasionante sigue a sus protagonistas a travĆ©s de la India, Ćfrica y AmĆ©rica durante cinco dĆ©cadas, en un gran fresco de un paĆs muy poco conocido en occidente
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Marion and Shiva Stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful Indian nun and a brash British surgeon. Orphaned by their motherās death and their fatherās disappearance, bound together by a preternatural connection and a shared fascination with medicine, the twins come of age as Ethiopia hovers on the brink of revolution.
Moving from Addis Ababa to New York City and back again,Ā Cutting for StoneĀ is an unforgettable story of love and betrayal, medicine and ordinary miraclesāand two brothers whose fates are forever intertwined.
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This sweeping, emotionally riveting novel thatĀ "shows how history and landscape and accidents of birth conspire to create the story of a single life" (Los Angeles Times) isĀ an enthralling family saga of Africa and America, doctors and patients, exile and home.
This book title, Hijos del ancho mundo / Cutting for Stone, ISBN: 9798890980328, by Abraham Verghese, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (October 31, 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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