
2023
701-800 Pages
Board Book
Contemporary Fiction Novels Books
Abraham Verghese
978-1804710432
Literature & Fiction
Atlantic Books
Latest
English
India
Name : The Covenant of Water
Author : Abraham Verghese
Book Format : Board Book
Edition : Latest
Genre : Literature & Fiction
ISBN : 978-1804710432
Language : English
Pages : 701-800 Pages
Publish Year : 2023
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Sub Genre : Contemporary Fiction Novels Books
The covenant of water
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'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
Spanning 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.
Country of Origin : India
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