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The Covenant of Water
- Narrated by: Abraham Verghese
- Length: 31 hrs and 16 mins
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Publisher's Summary
OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SUBJECT OF A SIX-PART SUPER SOUL PODCAST SERIES HOSTED BY OPRAH WINFREY
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cutting for Stone comes a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret
“One of the best books I’ve read in my entire life. It’s epic. It’s transportive . . . It was unputdownable!”—Oprah Winfrey, OprahDaily.com
The Covenant of Water is the long-awaited new novel by Abraham Verghese, the author of the major word-of-mouth bestseller Cutting for Stone, which has sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States alone and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for over two years.
Spanning the years 1900 to 1977, The Covenant of Water is set in Kerala, on South India’s Malabar Coast, and follows three generations of a family that suffers a peculiar affliction: in every generation, at least one person dies by drowning—and in Kerala, water is everywhere. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala’s long-existing Christian community, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this unforgettable new beginning, the young girl—and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi—will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants.
A shimmering evocation of a bygone India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
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- alpna kataria
- 17-08-23
A must read..
If you love books then you are in for a treat. Thank you Mr Varghese for blessing us with such a beautiful writing. Thank you for telling us a tale of some normal human beings through some of their extraordinary times. 🙏
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- Jay
- 18-06-23
this will be one of the top five best books for me for life
Stunning narrative, beautiful story and characters that shall stay with you for a very long time.
Once in a lifetime story and 29 hours is for the first time a little time with them.
The book is pure heart and soul
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- DF
- 10-09-23
Must Listen
A well depicted story of 3 generations flowing seamlessly through the times. Opens a portal to Travancore of pre-independent India.
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- Prabha Karthik
- 22-09-23
A brilliant masterpiece
My sister told me to take my time and not be in a hurry to finish this book. But I couldn't help myself. I now feel empty. I lived with big Ammichi and Digby and Joppan and phillipos for so many days, I fell in love with them.
what a ride it's been. an incredible roller coaster of a book.
only later did I realise that this is the same author who wrote Cutting for Stone, another favourite of mine from a long time ago.
Brilliant, moving and unputdownable.
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- Kindle Customer
- 01-10-23
Three cheers to the silver and blue.
As a alumnus of CMC and having many mallu friends, enjoyed this outstanding book. the narration was superb. the ending was really unexpected and wonderfully done.
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- Srikhantan Vasista
- 09-11-23
Big ammacchhi is nothing but love 💖
This book opened my stubborn unlovable eyes to my parents and changed me entirely.
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- DR ST Poozhiyil
- 18-10-23
A book that transports you to a different era
Loved it.... an Inter-generational story which captures your soul....the narration was brilliant.... the accents were spot on.
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- RA
- 30-06-23
Thanks to the author!
I can't rave enough about this epic-story that transcends emotions, time, imagination, language, geography and culture. Scintillating wisdom adds sheen and narration and voice acting are at their best. Only an author knows his characters like his own children and it shows. The author has raised the bar and this is a landmark book. You can confidently pick this book and not lose your sleep as the pacing is also accurate. Thanks once again!
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- moghul
- 28-01-24
Wonderful story with an unexpected but sad climax!
Loved every bit of this book in which Kerala and Medicine are the heroes. Excellent narration!
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- Richa S Mukherjee
- 12-04-24
Spellbound
This is a master class. In storytelling, character arcs, emotions, prose and the kind of writing that makes you want to disconnect with your everyday to dwell for just a bit longer in this one.
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