Abraham Verghese on THE COVENANT OF WATER
"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 \u2014 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.\u202f\u202f
This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f
New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.\u202f\u202f\xa0
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Featured Books (Episode):
The Covenant of Water\xa0by Abraham Verghese\xa0
Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese\xa0
My Own Country by Abraham Verghese\xa0
The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese\xa0
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy\xa0
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Featured Books (TBR):\xa0\xa0
The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates\xa0
The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane by Lisa See\xa0