A. Abraham Verghese Knihy

Špeciálne vydanie s farebnou oriezkou. Veľkolepý panoramatický román o láske, viere a medicíne od autora medzinárodného bestsellera Rez do živého zobrazuje život troch generácií juhoindickej rodiny, ktorú roky sužujú nevysvetliteľné tragédie. Kérala, India 1900. Dvanásťročné dievčatko, ktorému nedávno zomrel otec, nasadá do člna a plaví sa za svojím štyridsaťročným ženíchom, ktorého prvýkrát uvidí až na svadbe. Budúci manžel však zamlčal, že jeho rodinu už od nepamäti trápi nepochopiteľná pliaga. V každej generácii sa prinajmenšom jeden jej člen utopí – a v Kérale je voda všade. Zmluva s vodou rozpráva neobyčajný životný príbeh budúcej hlavy rodiny, Veľkej ammachi, a zachytáva jej radosti aj trápenia. Naprieč desaťročiami bola svedkyňou ohromných zmien, viera a láska však boli v jej živote prítomné vždy. Vďaka nim nikdy nestratila nádej, že sa jej podarí vymodliť pre rodinu vyslobodenie. Román vás prenesie do južnej Indie dvadsiateho storočia a je oslavou medicíny a ľudskej vynaliezavosti, ale aj pokorným svedectvom o utrpení, ktoré museli predchádzajúce generácie podstúpiť, aby sme ako ľudstvo mohli napredovať. Zmluva s vodou je intímny a autentický príbeh plný hlbokých emócií a právom ho možno považovať za jedno z najkvalitnejších literárnych diel, ktoré v posledných rokoch vznikli.

Marion a Šiva Stonovci sú dvojičky narodené z tajného vzťahu nádhernej indickej mníšky a roztržitého britského lekára. Matka pri pôrode zomiera a zúfalý otec ujde nevedno kam. Chlapci majú nezvyčajným spôsobom spojené hlavičky, počas pôrodu ich musia oddeliť skalpelom. Celé detstvo pretrváva ich extrémna duševná spriaznenosť, konajú ako jeden, navzájom si čítajú myšlienky. Neskôr ich spája aj záujem o medicínu, u každého sa však prejavuje inak. Dospievajú v čase, keď je Etiópia na pokraji revolúcie, ktorá nešetrne zasiahne do ich života. Bolestnejšie než skalpel ich však rozdelí láska k žene. Marion je nútený ujsť do Ameriky, kde veľmi skoro zistí, že rozdiel medzi prisťahovalcami a rodenými Američanmi zďaleka nespočíva len vo farbe pokožky. Nitky osudu sa dramaticky splietajú, napokon ich treba oddeľovať na operačnom stole. Skalpel je rovnako ostrý, ale drží ho úplne iná dlaň... Vergheseho strhujúca rodinná sága Rez do živého vzdáva úprimný hold náročnej práci chirurgov i ostatných lekárov a umožňuje nám vidieť v nich obyčajných ľudí, ktorí ani na okamih nezabúdajú, že operujú ľudskú bytosť.

"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. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India's Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning--and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's 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 girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will 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. Imbued with humor, deep emotion, and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years"-- Provided by publisher

AN OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB SELECTION'One of the best books I've read in my entire life. It's epic. It's transportive . . . It was unputdownable!' Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.comSpanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water follows a family in southern India that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning - and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century a twelve-year-old girl, 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 poignant beginning, the young girl and future matriarch - known as Big Ammachi - will witness unthinkable changes at home and at large over the span of her extraordinary life, full of the joys and trials of love and the struggles of hardship.A shimmering evocation of a lost 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 hardships undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with humour, deep emotion and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.

Kniha mladého neurológa, ktorého život zmenila nevyliečiteľná choroba.

By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears. Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an urban problem had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS expert, soon besieged by a shocking number of male and female patients whose stories came to occupy his mind, and even take over his life. Verghese brought a singular perspective to Johnson City: as a doctor unique in his abilities; as an outsider who could talk to people suspicious of local practitioners; above all, as a writer of grace and compassion who saw that what was happening in this conservative community was both a medical and a spiritual emergency."

When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at a county hospital.