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Abraham Verghese on THE COVENANT OF WATER
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Length:
54 minutes
Released:
May 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
"I loved that sense of the slow evolution of a community and watching it happen under your eyes." Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone, returns with a long-awaited novel — The Covenant of Water, an inter-generational tale through the lives of a family in Southern India. Verghese joins us to talk about the long gap between his works, his career as a doctor, themes of finding home and more with Poured Over host, Miwa Messer. We end this episode with TBR Topoff book recommendations from Marc and Madyson. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese My Own Country by Abraham Verghese The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy Featured Books (TBR): The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See
Released:
May 4, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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