This Barnes & Noble Exclusive Paperback Edition features beautiful French flaps, deckle edges, and an essay from the author about his travels in Kerala.
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT
NEW YORK TIMES
BESTSELLER • SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY
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
“One of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. It’s epic. It’s transportive . . . It was unputdownable!”—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com
An instant
and indie bestseller and an Oprah Book Club Pick,
The Covenant of Water
has sold more than two million copies worldwide and was widely named as a best book of the year. Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, Abraham Verghese’s long-awaited, masterful novel follows three generations of a Christian family in Kerala, South India, that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning. As the novel opens, a twelve-year-old girl is sent by boat to her wedding, where she meets her husband for the first time. She joins a prosperous household and becomes known as Big Ammachi, the matriarch of an extraordinary family that will endure hardship, celebrate triumph, and witness unthinkable changes over the coming decades.An exquisite modern classic finally available in paperback,
is an unforgettable and stunning epic of love, faith, and medicine.