Cutting For Stone

Jul 19, 2025 2:41 PM

Author:Abraham Verghese

Cutting For Stone

Two surgeon brothers begin life in Ethiopia and face forbidden love, betrayal and murder in this enthralling saga that spans five decades and three continents.

'A huge, rich, ambitious tapestry of a novel...tremendous' The Times

'My brother, Shiva, and I came into the world in the late afternoon of the twentieth of September in the year of grace 1954. We took our first breaths in the thick air of Addis Ababa, capital city of Ethiopia.

Bound by birth, we were driven apart by bitter betrayal. No surgeon can heal the wound that would that divides two brothers. Where silk and steel fail, story must succeed'

'There is a gravity and beauty in his writing that sets it apart from much contemporary fiction' Daily Telegraph

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Read this beloved modern classic from the author of Oprah Winfrey's Book Club pick The Covenant of Water.

Reviews

This huge, rich, ambitious tapestry of a novel makes insomnia a pleasure...tremendous

—— The Times

There is a gravity and beauty in his writing that sets it apart from much contemporary fiction

—— Daily Telegraph

Tremendous, compassionate, exuberant

—— Independent

The reader feels there really is something at stake - birth, love, death, war, loyalty

—— Guardian

Tremendousm compassionate, exuberant

—— Michael Bywater , Independent

Wonderful rites-of-passage novel... where the author's blossoming Sapphic nature leads her to eschew her mothers proffered favourite

—— Mariella Frostrup

It is very funny, with an Alan Bennett sort of humour, beautifully written, quirky and likely to cause much tuttutting in conservative quarters

—— Daily Mail

This lesbian coming of age story set in northern England doesn't seem to have aged a bit

—— Independent

An instant classic

—— Rosemary Goring , Herald

You'll find everything you need to know about mustering the courage to embrace your true self and live life without fear in Winterson's hugely engaging semi-autobiographical novel

—— Mariella Frostrup , Sunday Times

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