Kim answers “What does the title mean”

Nikki Torres asked this question about Cutting for Stone:

What does the title mean

Kim I first interpreted the title as Ghosh cutting for (replacing) Stone, who flees from his duties at Missing Hospital. But when I read the Acknowledgeme…moreI first interpreted the title as Ghosh cutting for (replacing) Stone, who flees from his duties at Missing Hospital. But when I read the Acknowledgements, I understood that Verghese intended a pun on the surname Stone and what Phylllis writes about the Hippocratic Oath. But like Linda, I find that the title "bugs me" -- I want to understand how it unlocks a central meaning of the novel, but can't quite get that key to work!(less)

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