The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese Vergheses marriage is unraveling. He relocates to El Paso, Texas, hoping to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. He meets David, a medical student and former tennis pro, and their matches reawaken Vergheses passion for the game. As Davids life takes some disturbing turns, Verghese finds himself forced to choose between his role as friend and that of authority figure. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water, an Oprahs Book Club Pick."Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost."--The Boston GlobeWhen Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex, more intimate than two men usually allow. Just when it seems nothing can go wrong, the dark beast from Davids past emerges once again--and almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened as David spirals out of control. Back Cover An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone When Abraham Verghese, a physician whose marriage is unraveling, relocates to El Paso, Texas, he hopes to make a fresh start as a staff member at the county hospital. There he meets David Smith, a medical student recovering from drug addiction, and the two men begin a tennis ritual that allows them to shed their inhibitions and find security in the sport they love and with each other. This friendship between doctor and intern grows increasingly rich and complex, more intimate than two men usually allow. Just when it seems nothing can go wrong, the dark beast from Davids past emerges once again--and almost everything Verghese has come to trust and believe in is threatened as David spirals out of control. Author Biography A practicing physician and a professor of medicine at Stanford University, Abraham Verghese is the author of My Own Country and Cutting for Stone. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, and other publications. He lives in Palo Alto, California. Review "Heartbreaking. . . . Indelible and haunting, [The Tennis Partner] is an elegy to friendship found, and an ode to a good friend lost." -- The Boston Globe"Verghese is a fine writer, lyrical and controlled, and he captures the attachment between the two men--its motives, its allure--with both precision and charm. . . . Wise and compassionate." -- New York Times Book Review"Verghese writes with such searching lucidity and is so attentive and engaging a figure that he could hold us just by describing his drives around town. . . . At its core his is a brave and heart-baring story about how even a teacher of internal medicine could not see inside the person closest to him. . . . It will speak to anyone who has looked with his heart instead of his eyes." -- Time"Despite the poignancy of the subject matter . . . Vergheses telling of it never gets heavy-handed. Instead, he uses his bedside voice: caring, but also slightly detached and startlingly frank." -- New York"Poignant. . . . The metaphors that underlie tennis permeate the book and give The Tennis Partner. . . . a power that resonates well beyond its topical interest." -- Chicago Tribune"Gripping. . . . moving. . . . Verghese shows himself to be a thoughtful and honest navigator through life. His pain . . . is impossible not to share." -- Detroit Free Press"[Verghese] displays perfect pitch in this emotionally charged tale. . . . Readers . . . will be enthralled by his sleuthing into the human heart." -- Entertainment Weekly"A tale of luminescent humanity. . . . It goes deeper than any book I have ever read to put its finger on the pulse of what friendship truly means. It is a book for everyone of us who has deeply loved and mourned the fragile, ever-changing nature of caring, with its inherent need to ultimately let go. A brave and honest book, The Tennis Partner, haunts and empowers with each volley." -- Denise Chavez, author of Face of an Angel"This is a knockout book. Beautifully written, it broke my heart and made me happy all at the same time. I loved Vergheses My Own Country and this even ups the ante--more intense, even closer to the edge." -- Natalie Goldberg, author of Writing Down the Bones"With writerly grace, Verghese introduces us to the disciplines he holds sacred: tennis, internal medicine, fatherhood, male friendship. Everywhere he is a diagnostician, a teacher, a lover of physical presence. But finally as he walks the back alleys of El Paso searching for his drug-abusing colleague, we understand who Verghese is at his core, a man of honor who goes down mean streets and remains himself good enough for any world. This is an extraordinary book." -- Peter D. Kramer, author of Listening to Prozac Review Quote "With writerly grace, Verghese introduces us to the disciplines he holds sacred: tennis, internal medicine, fatherhood, male friendship. Everywhere he is a diagnostician, a teacher, a lover of physical presence. But finally as he walks the back alleys of El Paso searching for his drug-abusing colleague, we understand who Verghese is at his core, a man of honor who goes down mean streets and remains himself good enough for any world. This is an extraordinary book." Description for Teachers/Educators When a tennis ritual evolves between Dr. Abraham Verghese and his medical student, David, a former professional tennis play, it rekindles the authors romance with tennis that began as a child. Their meetings on the court and in the hospital in the border city of El Paso eas the pain of Vergheses disintergrating marriage and soften his sense of alienation as a foreigner. As the friendship between the two men grows, the bonds between them deepen. They are in turn professor and student, confessor and keeper of secrets. aWhen David succumbs to a ghost of his past, his life is sent spiraling out of control. Forced to come to terms with Davids tragic fate, Verghese gains a profound new understanding of the deepest meaning of friendship. Details ISBN0062116398 Author Abraham Verghese Short Title TENNIS PARTNER Language English ISBN-10 0062116398 ISBN-13 9780062116390 Media Book Format Paperback Series P.S. (Paperback) Residence El Paso, TX, US Birth 1955 Year 2011 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2011-09-20 NZ Release Date 2011-09-20 US Release Date 2011-09-20 UK Release Date 2011-09-20 Pages 368 Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc Publication Date 2011-09-20 Imprint HarperCollins Publishers DEWEY 610.92 Audience General Imprint US Harper Perennial Publisher US HarperCollins We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:138850843;

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