The covenant of water : a novel
Large Print Book |
Large print edition. |
Thorndike Press,
Waterville, Maine :
2023.
- 0 of 5 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 11 current holds with 5 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
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| Grimsby | LP FIC VERGH 2023 | Large Print - Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
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| Port Colborne | ON ORDER | New Book | Copy hold / Volume hold | On order |
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| Smithville | LP FIC VERGH | Large Print - Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Checked out |
About
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. At the turn of the century, a twelve-year-old girl from Kerala's long-existing Christian community, 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 unforgettable new beginning, the young girl--and future matriarch, known as Big Ammachi--will witness unthinkable changes over the span of her extraordinary life, full of joy and triumph as well as hardship and loss, her faith and love the only constants. A shimmering evocation of a bygone 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 difficulties undergone by past generations for the sake of those alive today. It is one of the most masterful literary novels published in recent years.
Details
- ISBN: 9798885793377
- Physical Description: 897 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2023.
- Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references.