Abraham Verghese
Abraham Verghese is professor of medicine at Texas Tech University, El Paso. His book Soundings: A Doctor’s Life in the Age of Aids was published by Phoenix House in Britain and, under the title My Own Country, by Simon and Schuster in the United States.
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A Child’s Book of Death and Dying
Abraham Verghese
‘A fine morning mist had rolled down over Addis Ababa from the Entoto mountains, leaving a sheen on the lawn between the apartment buildings'.
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Soundings
Abraham Verghese
‘On the first day of June, 1972, I was taught how to percuss the body.’