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Butler University Digital Commons @ Butler University LAS Faculty Book Reviews College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 1-1-2011 Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Vintage, 2010 Anne Wilson Butler University, amwilson@butler.edu Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/las_bookreviews Recommended Citation Wilson, Anne, "Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Vintage, 2010" (2011). LAS Faculty Book Reviews. 69. https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/las_bookreviews/69 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at Digital Commons @ Butler University. It has been accepted for inclusion in LAS Faculty Book Reviews by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Butler University. For more information, please contact digitalscholarship@butler.edu. Because Ideas Matter... The faculty and staff of Butler University's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences presents Recommended Readings Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, Vintage 2010 Reviewed by Anne Wilson   A coming-of-age story about a young man who grows up in Ethiopia and his unusual family is not a story that would normally capture my attention. The blurb on the back of the book did not inspire me either, but it was a gift from my mother so I opened the front cover and began to read. I was delighted by the rich imagery, distressed by the realistic portrayal of human suffering, and enchanted by the complicated characters of the story, both male and female. The author is a physician deeply influenced by the humanities, and he views doctors as part of their patient's stories. While Cutting for Stone does have physicians in key roles throughout the book, the focus is not medicine but the humanity of the characters. I found myself having to look up some key characters from Ethiopian history and remind myself of other world events that were at the time represented in the book, but the storyline does not require this except for those who are more historically curious. I found myself hungry for Ethiopian food multiple times while reading, so be sure to line up your supply of injera and wat before you begin! - Anne Wilson is professor of chemistry at Butler University.  

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