Discount prices on books by abraham verghese, including titles like living dowry. Relocating to an unfamiliar border city as his marriage unravels, physician abraham verghese feels alienated and yet strangely unburdened. Each ball that we put into play, for as long as it went back and forth between. Abraham verghese books list of books by abraham verghese. In 1999, indianamerican author abraham verghese published his second book, the tennis partner. It was a heartbreaking read, but a story that is so important. Abraham verghese books list of books by author abraham. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 345 pages and is available in paperback format. The tennis partner by abraham verghese, 9780099735014, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
The tennis partner by abraham verghese the book site. The tennis partner by abraham verghese like everyone else, i read abraham verghese s cutting for stone a couple of years ago when it was the hottest thing since sliced bread. See all books authored by abraham verghese, including when breath becomes air, and cutting for stone, and more on. An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed new york times bestselling author of cutting for stone when abraham verghese, a physician. It appeared in hardback in 2009, and is in its 9th printing and is being translated into 16 languages. Verghese s observations about life, his analogies between tennis and medicine spoke volumes to me. The tennis partner by verghese, abraham 1999 paperback verghese, abraham on. A practicing physician and a professor of medicine at stanford university, abraham verghese is the author of my own country and cutting for stone. The tennis partner is his second memoir i guess im reading his books in reverse. Internal medicine, physicians, tennis, study and teaching, intravenous drug. The tennis partner by verghese, abraham and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The tennis partner is the second of abraham verghese s books.
There he meets david smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in. The first edition of the novel was published in 1998, and was written by abraham verghese. I had loved vergheses cutting for stone, so could hardly wait to read the tennis partner. Pdf the tennis partner book by abraham verghese free. Abraham verghese takes on his own fascination with tennis and comes up with as good an explanation as any. The tennis partner took over my life for nearly two full days. Abraham verghese born 1955 is an american physician, author, professor for the theory and practice of medicine at stanford university medical school and senior associate chair of the department of internal medicine.
Abraham verghese audio books, best sellers, author bio. The tennis partner is a wellwritten look into the mindset of dr. The acclaimed author of my own country 1996 turns his gaze inward to a pair of crises that hit even closer to home than the aids epidemic of which he wrote previously. Verghese is searching for answers re his dear friends addiction. The tennis partner by abraham verghese, 9780062116390, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I was moved by the friendship that blossomed from one main commonality, a love for the game.
How does verghese manage to tie together so many of the book s complex strands through tennis. This is a book about friendship, tennis, medicine, addiction, love, heartbreak and so much more. David had killed himself because he could not deal with his addiction to intravenously injected cocaine. There he recorded his heartbreaking experiences with the countrys first cases of aids as they returned from the cities of each coast to come home. These were the cumulative experiences around which his first book, my own country. The tennis partner, book by abraham verghese paperback. The tennis partner is the second of abraham vergheses books. So when i saw the author had another book two in fact and they were memoirs, i of course wanted to read them. Abraham verghese s the tennis partner in his latest book, the tennis partner, physician abraham verghese writes about a painful secret many doctors live with. There he meets david smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and. Plot summary abraham verghese s memoir the tennis partner tells the story of a deeply moving friendship between two doctors. This book is verghese s tribute to his dead friend. Abraham verghese s memoir the tennis partner tells the story of a deeply moving friendship between two doctors.
A doctors story of friendship and loss, this book is, in a sense, a sequel to verghese s earlier memoir, my own country. An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how th. Buy the paperback book the tennis partner by abraham verghese at indigo. He is also the author of three bestselling books, two memoirs and a novel. There he meets david smith, a medical student recovering from drug addition, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. The tennis partner by verghese, abraham 1999 paperback. There he meets david smith, a medical scholar recovering from a drug dependancy, and the 2 males start a tennis ritual that enables them to shed their. In my own country, named one of the five best books of 1994 by time magazine, abraham verghese ventured into the valley of the smokey mountains, where he bore witness to the arrival of aids in a town that had never expected the disease or its terrible consequences. Abraham verghese during his time at the university of texas elpaso.
His second book, the tennis partner, was a new york times notable book and a national bestseller. I did enjoy this book but thought that he went on too much about tennis and all the different players even though i play tennis myself. Cutting for stone is one of my favorite books and ive been meaning to read the tennis partner ever since. The tennis partner by abraham verghese 19980819 by abraham verghese jan 1 1819.
This work is a lightly fictionalized memoir, based in large part on verghese s own experiences somewhat altered to preserve the dignity and privacy of others. Free download or read online the tennis partner pdf epub book. Paperback 97800609311 we see that javascript is disabled or not supported by your browser javascript is needed for important actions on the site. A doctors story of friendship and loss abraham verghese, author, a. Interview an interview with abraham verghese about his life and writing and in particular about his extraordinary 2009 novel cutting for stone, set in 1960s and 70s ethiopia and 1980s new york an interview with abraham verghese about his life and writing and in particular about his 2009 novel cutting for stone. It is an epic love story, medical story and family saga. The main characters of this autobiography, memoir story are.
Abraham verghese s early years as an orderly, his caring for terminal aids patients, the insights he gained from the deep relationships he formed and the suffering he witnessed were intensely transformative. Your previous two books are nonfiction, but youve said that you. When abraham verghese, a doctor whose marriage is unravelling, relocates to texas, he hopes to make a contemporary begin as a workers member at a county hospital. Cutting for stone is his most recent book and his first novel. In 2011, he was elected to be a member of the institute of medicine.
Verghese after seeing a movie adapted from his first book, my own country. I ordered this book because i really enjoyed verghese s cutting for stone. Verghese is willing to let the reader into his mind as he deals with a particularly difficult period in his life. He is a doctor at the teaching hospital which he loves, he like everyone else, i read abraham verghese s cutting for stone a couple of years ago when it. The tennis partner by abraham verghese 1999, paperback. The tennis partner by abraham verghese reading guidebook. Times literary supplement abraham verghese, a boardcertified physician and a professor at stanford university is a critically acclaimed, bestselling author. Once there, he meets and eventually becomes a mentor to david smith, a medical resident at the hospital. In january 1994, abraham verghese, an indian doctor in a texan teaching hospital, was called to the morgue to identify the body of his close friend, student and tennis partner david smith.
I was unable to put it down and afraid to read on at the same time. In the way we controlled the movement of a yellow ball in space, we were imposing order on a world that was fickle and capricious. The tennis partner by abraham verghese booksamillion. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Along the way there are clues that abraham can see, which point to the beginning of trouble. The tennis partner is a sincere and selfeffacing book by a physician who well knows that there are things in the human heart that no electrocardiogram can detect. Tennis was so much more than a game, verghese writes at one point and yet, as he acknowledges at the end, it is also just a game a simple, even slightly absurd ritual of the yellow ball.
A doctors story of friendship and loss by abraham verghese, m. A doctors story of a town and its people in the age of aids see this database. His third book and first novel, cutting for stone, was published by knopf in 2009. Once there, he meets and eventually becomes a mentor to david smith, a medical. Between rounds of tennis and after chats at a cafe, david opens up to abraham. When he meets a medical student, david smith, they begin a tennis ritual that allows both men to shed. Tennis partner verghese, abraham 9780062116390 books. Tennis becomes a ritual and they play twice a week.