Interview with Abraham Verghese (Author of 'The Covenant of Water')

Libro.fm Podcast

In this episode of the Libro.fm Podcast, we sat down in person with bestselling author and physician, Dr. Abraham Verghese. His most recent novel ‘The Covenant of Water’ was an instant New York Times Bestseller, an Oprah Book Club Pick, and one of Barack Obama’s top books of 2023. We discuss his research process, how he auditioned to narrate his own book, how his work as a physician impacts his writing, and his recipe for “bachelor chicken”.

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About Abraham Verghese: Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, is a best-selling author and a physician with a reputation for his focus on healing in an era where technology often overwhelms the human side of medicine. He received the Heinz Award in 2014 and was awarded the National Humanities Medal, presented by President Barack Obama, in 2015.

Read Abraham’s books:

• The Covenant of Water
• The Tennis Partner
• Cutting for Stone

Books discussed on today's episode:

• Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
• The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
• Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
• Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
• The Fetishist by Katherine Min