by Abraham Verghese · SALAMANDRA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498382600
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«Hijos del ancho mundo» is the novel by Abraham Verghese, published by Salamandra in paperback, with 640 pages, in Spanish.
In a hospital in Addis Ababa, twins Marion and Shiva Stone are born, children of a nun who died in childbirth and a vanished British surgeon. The two brothers grow up among doctors and patients and share a vocation for medicine, until turbulent Ethiopia separates them. The narrative spans Africa, India, and America over five decades.
Original title: Cutting for Stone. Translation by José Manuel Álvarez Flórez. Salamandra Narrativa collection. Won the Indies Choice Book Award in 2010.
For readers of family sagas and literary fiction with a medical and historical backdrop.
Abraham Verghese is an Ethiopian-American physician and author. He is the Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor of Medicine, Vice Chair for the Theory & Practice of Medicine, and Internal Medicine Clerkship Director at Stanford Medical School. He is also the author of four best-selling books: two memoirs and two novels. He is the co-host with Eric Topol of the Medscape podcast Medicine and the Machine.
