5/19/2023 0 Comments Abraham verghese novels![]() Then I find out and, hundreds of pages later, I return to something else.” I know some of the story, and then I start writing, and then things reveal themselves, but, unfortunately, they often reveal themselves in the wrong direction for six months. I’m not one of these writers who knows the whole story before they start. It took Verghese 10 years to write Covenant of Water, and he shares why, “This one took almost a decade, partly because it was just a long process. Medicine is deeply meaningful, and it’s from that place that I begin to have the impulse to write.” I know that sounds disingenuous, but the writing comes from my stance on medicine. I don’t think of them as two separate professions. ![]() Verghese shares, “Well, that’s funny, you know. ![]() I had to know how this brilliant man straddles today’s data-driven, scientific world of medicine and the ambiguous creativity of writing with such ease. SF Greek Film Festival Closing Night Drew Altizer May 12, 2023 ![]()
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