Abraham Verghese, Author, Abraham Vergehese, Author, A. Verghese, Author Vintage Books USA $16 (448p) ISBN 978-0-679-75292-9
Indian physician Verghese recalls his experience practicing in the remote, conservative town of Johnson City, Tenn., when HIV first emerged there in 1985. (May)
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Abraham Verghese, Author, A. Verghese, Author HarperCollins Publishers $25 (345p) ISBN 978-0-06-017405-7
In his eloquent memoir, My Own Country, Verghese described a parallel story, that of a stranger (himself) and AIDS both becoming part of a rural Tennessee town. Once again, Verghese weaves his own story with that of a place and another person to...
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Abraham Verghese, Author, A. Verghese, Author Simon & Schuster $22.5 (347p) ISBN 978-0-671-78514-7
When infectious-disease specialist Verghese, the Ethiopian-born son of Indian schoolteachers, emigrated to the U.S. and settled in Johnson City, Tenn., in the mid-1980s, he finally felt at peace ``in my own country'' at last. But his work at the...
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