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At the time of this writing, there is a plethora of praise for this epic novel and all of it is deserved - Verghese has a way with words and is a seemingly natural (and gifted) storyteller who seamlessly folds pertinent elements of medicine, religion, humanity, art, food, and nature into his tales.
In this tale, we are in India following the trials and tribulations of a matriarchal family lineage through several generations. We experience the impacts of loves and losses, periods of struggle and ...more
In this tale, we are in India following the trials and tribulations of a matriarchal family lineage through several generations. We experience the impacts of loves and losses, periods of struggle and ...more
Verghese's storytelling is unaparalleled. He weaves culture, religion, medicine, and family into epic sagas so masterfully that, even after five hundred pages, I'm longing for more of the story to unold. The author created a setting so real that my mind feels that it truly visited 20st-century Kerala in time and space. Character development was phenomenal. The characters, even the somewhat peripheral characters, all had depth, with flaws and sympathetic stories that combined to make them truly h
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“It’s fiction! Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!”
Highly recommend
What a story. Impressive. And so much tragedy! GoodNESS.
Dec 28, 2022
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