Abraham verghese books list of books by author abraham verghese. He is the author of my own country, a 1994 nbcc finalist and a time best book of the year, and the tennis partner, a new york times notable book. His writing has appeared in the new yorker, granta, and other publications. During an arduous sea voyage, sister mary joseph praise, a devout. A practicing physician and a professor of medicine at stanford university, abraham verghese is the author of my own country and cutting for stone. Abraham verghese author abraham verghese is also the author of the tennis partner, a new york times notable book, and my own country, a national book critics circle finalist. They were the cumulative experience around which his first book, my own country. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl duration. My own country starring naveen andrews janet krouse. My own country tells the story of an east indian doctor who settles in johnson city, tennessee. 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 recounts his growth from a relative innocent first encountering aids to an exhausted veteran who has to come to terms with the fact that he could not save his patients. Tennessee nestled in the smoky mountains of eastern tennessee, the town of johnson city saw its first aids patient in august 1985. A doctors story is abraham vergheses author of the fictional cutting for stone moving account of his years as a doctor in tennessee, specializing in working with patients with aids.
Abraham verghese speaks of his work with patients suffering from aids, their families and the stigma attached to the condition. A doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids by abraham verghese, a. A doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids study guide contains a comprehensive summary and analysis of my own country. Nestled in the smoky mountains of eastern tennessee. First published in 1994, it made that years new york times notable book list. Its 1985, and aids is spreading from the big cities to the rural areas. This page was created by knopf and vintage books for fans of abraham verghese. His first book, my own country, about aids in rural tennessee, was a finalist for the national book critics circle award for 1994 and was made into a movie directed by mira nair and starring naveen. Verghese is a powerful writer, and his rendering of the aids crisis immortalizes. It is used in colleges and medical schools throughout north america and across the world because of the way it communicates the sense of empathy and compassion so often missing in medical school education in an era of high technology and reliance on computers as. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. A doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids by abraham verghese.
Abraham verghese and his work as an infectious disease physician in rural tennessee during the early years of the hiv pandemic. With naveen andrews, glenne headly, hal holbrook, swoosie kurtz. See all books authored by abraham verghese, including when breath becomes air, and cutting for stone, and more on. Verghese left tennessee and is now chief of infectious diseases at texas tech university. Abraham verghese born 1955 is an american physician, author, professor for the theory and practice of medicine at stanford university medical school and senior associate chair of the department of internal medicine. My own country a doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids. My own country is about the emergence of aids in a small town in the us. By the bestselling author of cutting for stone, a story of medicine. The questions, discussion topics, and author biography that follow are intended to enhance your groups reading of abraham verghese s my own country. Verghese is a powerful writer, and his rendering of the aids crisis immortalizes the victims of the aids crisis in johnson city. Verghese coped with the victims and problems of hiv and full blown aids.
A doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids. We hope they will enrich your understanding of a book that is rich in themes for stimulating group discussion. Working in johnson city was abraham verghese, a young indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. He was the founding director of the center for medical humanities and ethics at the university of texas health science center, san antonio, where he is now an adjunct professor. My own country based on a true story based on a true. My own country, a memoir by abraham verghese, uniquely describes the experience of an immigrant physician with the culture of appalachia as he confronts the devastating medical and personal consequences of aids as aids patients sought his care as an infectious disease specialist in the 1980s. My own country ebook by abraham verghese rakuten kobo. He is also the author of three bestselling books, two memoirs and a novel. The doctors name is abraham verghese, and he specializes. My own country by abraham verghese overdrive rakuten. By the bestselling author of cutting for stone, a story of medicine in the american heartland, and confronting ones. Read my own country a doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids by abraham verghese available from rakuten kobo.
The doctors name is abraham verghese, and he specializes in infectious diseases. My own country by abraham verghese the memoir and first book from the author of the beloved new york times bestseller cutting for stone. His first book, my own country, about aids in rural tennessee, was a finalist for. Abraham verghese is professor and senior associate chair for the theory and practice of medicine at the stanford university school of medicine.
Verghese s early years as an orderly, his caring for terminal aids patients, the insights he gained from the deep relationships he formed and the suffering he witnessed were intensely transformative. In this drama, a doctor discovers that treating aids patients in his new hometown does little to endear him to his neighbors. Working in johnson city was abraham verghese, a young. Doctors originally thought it would stay in big cities like new york and chicago. A doctors story abraham verghese, author, abraham vergehese, author, a. The memoir and first book from the author of the beloved new york times bestseller cutting for stone. Written by abraham verghese, audiobook narrated by sunil malhotra. Abraham verghese is currently considered a single author.
Browse abraham vergheses bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. His first book, my own country, about aids in rural tennessee, was a finalist for the national book critics circle award for 1994 and was made into a movie directed by mira nair and starring naveen andrews, marisa tomei, glenne headley and others. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. However, it eventually spread to the provinces and this is the true story of how dr. Abraham verghese primary author only author division. Abraham verghese audiobooks download instantly today. Currently a professor of internal medicine at stanford university, he has also served on faculti. Abraham verghese, md, macp, is professor and vice chair for the theory and practice of medicine at the school of medicine at stanford university. He is also the critically acclaimed bestselling author of cutting for stone and the tennis partner, a. In my own country is an autobiographical narrative of dr. Abraham takes aids as his personal crusade and is soon wellknown for his compassion and nonjudgmental treatment. The autobiographical novel my own country tells the story of a young indian doctor named abraham verghese, who worked in johnson city, tn, when the city faced its first shocking and unexpected.
Marion and shiva stone are twin brothers born of a secret union between a beautiful indian nun and a brash british surgeon at a mission hospital in addis ababa. A doctors story has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. From 1990 to 1991, abraham verghese attended the iowa writers workshop at the university of iowa, where he obtained a master of fine arts degree. Books by abraham verghese author of when breath becomes air. Verghese, abraham vergehese due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Cutting for stone by abraham verghese overdrive rakuten.
If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. My own country ebook by abraham verghese official publisher. Lauded for his sensitive memoir my own country, verghese now turns his formidable talents to fiction, mining his own life and experiences in a magnificent, sweeping novel that moves from india to ethiopia to an innercity hospital in new york city over decades and generations. A graduate of the iowa writers workshop, he has published essays and short stories that have appeared in the new yorker, the new york times, the atlantic monthly, esquire, granta, the wall street. His story begins in 1985, when he arrives in johnson city, tennessee, a quiet town in a mountainous region. A doctors story by abraham verghese on april 25, 1995 pages. Nestled in the smoky mountains of eastern tennessee, the town of johnson city had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern american life. Abraham verghese audio books, best sellers, author bio.
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