Cutting for Stone Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited, 2012 - 541 pages Born from the unexpected union of a gentle Malayali nurse and a brilliant British surgeon, Marion and Shiva Stone are orphaned by a chain of traumatic events and raised by two Indian doctors at the Missing Hospital. The brothers grow up, cloistered from the outer world, while the politics of Ethiopia rages beyond the hospital walls. A bitter quarrel with his brother leads Marion to flee Ethiopia for America, where he finds refuge in his work as an intern at a Bronx hospital. But when the past catches up with him, Marion must trust his life to the two men he thought he would never see again: the brother who betrayed him and the father who abandoned him. Vast, dramatic and unforgettable, Cutting for Stone tenderly explores the human body, the world of medicine and its connection to love and loss. It is a magnificent achievement. |
