Whenever I did public readings of my prior books people would often say they loved my voice. I love audiobooks and am a fan of certain performers. Inevitably, because of my day job, which I love, and because I’m drawn to long, epic novels, The Covenant of Water took a while. Verghese said, “I have always wanted to write a novel set in the unique landscape of Kerala and within its fascinating and relatively unknown St Thomas Christian community.
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. He is also the voice actor for The Covenant of Water audiobook. In addition to being a bestselling author, Abraham Verghese is a physician and professor of medicine.
More than a decade in the making, The Covenant of Water is Verghese’s first book since Cutting for Stone, which spent over two years on the New York Times bestseller list and sold more than 1.5 million copies in the U.S. Landover, MD, March 16, 2023-RBmedia, the largest audiobook publisher in the world, today announced the upcoming release of its audiobook recording of The Covenant of Water, the long-awaited new novel by bestselling author Abraham Verghese. The Covenant of Water releases May 2 after 14 years of anticipation
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