There’s a large whiteboard to the side of Abraham Verghese, acclaimed author and, by day, professor at Stanford University School of Medicine. He swivels in his chair to point to it over Zoom. This is ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Oprah Winfrey has selected "The Covenant of Water," written by acclaimed author Abraham Verghese, as her newest book ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Dr. Abraham Verghese teaches medical students at Stanford University's School of Medicine. But he has another calling: ...

Reviewer Sibani Ram is a recent graduate of Duke University who grew up in Dubuque. See the author: Dr. Abraham Verghese will read from "The Covenant of Water" at the Iowa City Public Library at 7 p.m ...

ISRAEL'S historic signing of peace treaties with Arab Gulf states, the so-called Abraham Accords, has been branded a prophetic moment of Biblical proportions. Is the Abraham Accord the covenant with ...

When asked to describe the south Indian state of Kerala, the word that springs to mind for Dr. Abraham Verghese is this: “Water – 44 rivers, countless streams and lagoons and hundreds of miles of ...

Oprah Winfrey said The Covenant of Water is one of the top 3 books she has ever read I was sitting at this desk when I got the call,’ says Dr Abraham Verghese, his calm and composed voice stressing ...

"THE COVENANT OF WATER: A NOVEL" by Abraham Verghese (Grove, 724 pages, $32). As with many English idioms, "doubting Thomas" traces its origins to the New Testament: The Gospel of John recounts the ...

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