My Own Country: A Doctor's Story of a Town and its People in the Age of AIDS - Softcover

Verghese, Abraham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1857992229 ISBN 13: 9781857992229

Publisher: Phoenix, 1995

Synopsis

MY OWN COUNTRY is the extraordinary story of an Indian physician who settled in a rural town in Tennessee as a young doctor to AIDS patients. This is a book about illness and treatment, about how a small community reacts to the advent of AIDS, about doctor-patient relationships, the body in decline, the ritual of examination, and how Verghese, as a doctor, coped with the inevitability of death. Verghese creates, beyond the jargon of medicine, a lyrical and haunting language unique in this genre, and provides a narrative at once rich, absorbing and above all, moving.

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Review

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST

"A fine mix of compassion and precision.... Verghese makes indelible narratives of his cases, and they read like wrenching short stories."
--Pico Iyer, "Time"

"A richly textured portrait of a small Southern town.... Immensely moving. In describing his own odyssey as a healer, Verghese displays rare candor and eloquence."
--"USA Today

""Memorable.... Fascinating. We come away from My Own Country with an abiding admiration for the good and compassionate work Dr. Verghese has conducted."
--Michael Dorris, "Los Angeles Times

""Remarkable.... An account of the plague years in America. Beautifully written, fascinating and tragic, by a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients."
--Perri Klass, "The New York Times Book Review
"

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
"A fine mix of compassion and precision.... Verghese makes indelible narratives of his cases, and they read like wrenching short stories."
--Pico Iyer, "Time"
"A richly textured portrait of a small Southern town.... Immensely moving. In describing his own odyssey as a healer, Verghese displays rare candor and eloquence."
--"USA Today
""Memorable.... Fascinating. We come away from My Own Country with an abiding admiration for the good and compassionate work Dr. Verghese has conducted."
--Michael Dorris, "Los Angeles Times
""Remarkable.... An account of the plague years in America. Beautifully written, fascinating and tragic, by a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients."
--Perri Klass, "The New York Times Book Review

"

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
A fine mix of compassion and precision.... Verghese makes indelible narratives of his cases, and they read like wrenching short stories.
Pico Iyer, "Time"
A richly textured portrait of a small Southern town.... Immensely moving. In describing his own odyssey as a healer, Verghese displays rare candor and eloquence.
"USA Today
" Memorable.... Fascinating. We come away from My Own Country with an abiding admiration for the good and compassionate work Dr. Verghese has conducted.
Michael Dorris, "Los Angeles Times
" Remarkable.... An account of the plague years in America. Beautifully written, fascinating and tragic, by a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients.
Perri Klass, "The New York Times Book Review

""

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST
A fine mix of compassion and precision.... Verghese makes indelible narratives of his cases, and they read like wrenching short stories.
Pico Iyer, Time
A richly textured portrait of a small Southern town.... Immensely moving. In describing his own odyssey as a healer, Verghese displays rare candor and eloquence.
USA Today
Memorable.... Fascinating. We come away from My Own Country with an abiding admiration for the good and compassionate work Dr. Verghese has conducted.
Michael Dorris, Los Angeles Times
Remarkable.... An account of the plague years in America. Beautifully written, fascinating and tragic, by a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients.
Perri Klass, The New York Times Book Review

"

NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST

"A fine mix of compassion and precision.... Verghese makes indelible narratives of his cases, and they read like wrenching short stories."
--Pico Iyer, Time

"A richly textured portrait of a small Southern town.... Immensely moving. In describing his own odyssey as a healer, Verghese displays rare candor and eloquence."
--USA Today

"Memorable.... Fascinating. We come away from My Own Country with an abiding admiration for the good and compassionate work Dr. Verghese has conducted."
--Michael Dorris, Los Angeles Times

"Remarkable.... An account of the plague years in America. Beautifully written, fascinating and tragic, by a doctor who was changed and shaped by his patients."
--Perri Klass, The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Abraham Verghese is Professor of Medicine and Chief of Infectious Diseases at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Phoenix
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1857992229
• ISBN 13: 9781857992229
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 352