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020			_a9781804710456
028			_a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhi _c: 3274 _d: 28/08/2026
082			_a823 VER
100			_aVerghese, Abraham.
245			_aThe Covenant of Water _c/ Abraham Verghese.
260			_aUK, _b : Grovepress; _c , 2023.
300			_a723p. _c: 18cm.
365			_b489.30
520			_aAt the turn of the century a twelve-year-old girl, grieving the death of her father, is sent by boat to her wedding, where she will meet her forty-year-old husband for the first time. From this poignant beginning, the young girl and future matriarch - known as Big Ammachi - will witness unthinkable changes at home and at large over the span of her extraordinary life, full of the joys and trials of love and the struggles of hardship. A shimmering evocation of a lost India and of the passage of time itself, The Covenant of Water is a hymn to progress in medicine and to human understanding, and a humbling testament to the hardships undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. Imbued with humour, deep emotion and the essence of life, it is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
650			_aWater
650			_aFiction
650			_aLiterature
700			_aAbraham Verghese.
942			_cBOOK
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