![]() ![]() “After we hung up I realized that I’d reflexively risen to my feet and stayed that way throughout our long chat. “My thoughts were racing back through the decade-plus of writing ‘The Covenant of Water,’ during which time my mother died, and Covid had descended on us,” he said. The reader will be amused to find that here it is put off until the year 1956. Every intelligent person in the world felt that disaster was impending and knew no way of averting it, but few of us realised in the earlier half of 1914 how near the crash was to us. Verghese said in a statement that receiving the call from Winfrey, the dream of countless authors, felt like a “miracle.” The World Set Free was written under the immediate shadow of the Great War. I couldn’t put the book down until the very last page - it was unputdownable!” Many moments during the read I had to stop and remember to breathe. And I’ve been reading since I was 3,” Winfrey said in a statement. “This is one of the top five books I’ve read in my lifetime. ![]() Verghese’s current book is a multigenerational saga set in India from 1900-1977. “The Covenant of Water,” published Tuesday, is Verghese’s first work of fiction since his million-selling “Cutting for Stone” came out in 2009. NEW YORK (AP) - The long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, “The Covenant of Water,” is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick. ![]() Wells Genre: Science Fiction Published: 1914 Pages: 140 Est. This cover image released by Grove Atlantic shows "The Covenant of Water" by Abraham Verghese. Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc.), the resources below will generally offer The World Set Free chapter summaries, quotes, and analysis of themes, characters, and symbols. ![]()
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