El pacto del agua = The covenant of water
(Book)
Uniform Title
Author
Contributors
Hojman, Eduardo, 1964- translator
Published
Barcelona : Narrativa/Salamandra, 2023.
Format
Book
Edition
Primera edición.
Physical Desc
784 pages ; 23 cm
Status
Waterloo Public Library - Adult New Fiction
SPANISH FICTION VERGHESE
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SPANISH FICTION VERGHESE
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Caste -- India -- Fiction
Caste -- India -- Fiction.
Colonies -- Fiction
Colonies -- Fiction.
Drowning -- Fiction
Drowning -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction.
Families -- India -- Fiction
Families -- India -- Fiction.
Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction
Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kerala (India) -- Fiction.
Kerala (India) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Kerala (India) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction
Social classes -- Fiction.
Spanish language materials
Spanish language materials.
Surgeons -- Fiction
Surgeons -- Fiction.
Caste -- India -- Fiction.
Colonies -- Fiction
Colonies -- Fiction.
Drowning -- Fiction
Drowning -- Fiction.
Families -- Fiction
Families -- Fiction.
Families -- India -- Fiction
Families -- India -- Fiction.
Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction
Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Kerala (India) -- Fiction.
Kerala (India) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
Kerala (India) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Social classes -- Fiction
Social classes -- Fiction.
Spanish language materials
Spanish language materials.
Surgeons -- Fiction
Surgeons -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Ahogados -- Novela
Casias -- India -- Novela
Cirujanos -- Novela
Clases sociales -- Novela
Colonias -- Novela
Drowning -- Fiction.
Familias -- India -- Novela
Family life -- Fiction.
Family life fiction
Fiction: general & literary
Glasgow (Escocia) -- Novela
Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Kerala (India) -- Fiction.
Kerala (India) -- Historia -- Siglo XX -- Novela
Novela histórica
Novels
Secreto -- Novela
Spanish language.
Casias -- India -- Novela
Cirujanos -- Novela
Clases sociales -- Novela
Colonias -- Novela
Drowning -- Fiction.
Familias -- India -- Novela
Family life -- Fiction.
Family life fiction
Fiction: general & literary
Glasgow (Escocia) -- Novela
Glasgow (Scotland) -- Fiction.
Historical fiction
Kerala (India) -- Fiction.
Kerala (India) -- Historia -- Siglo XX -- Novela
Novela histórica
Novels
Secreto -- Novela
Spanish language.
More Details
Published
Barcelona : Narrativa/Salamandra, 2023.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Spanish
Notes
General Note
Translation of: The covenant of water
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Description
El pacto del agua sigue a una familia que sufre una aflicción peculiar: en cada generación, al menos una persona muere ahogada, y en Kerala el agua está en todas partes. A principios del siglo XX, una niña de doce años es enviada en barco para contraer matrimonio con un hombre de cuarenta al que no conoce. A partir de entonces, la joven y futura matriarca, conocida como Big Ammachi, será testigo de cambios impensables: una historia llena de alegrías, pruebas de amor y lucha ante las adversidades. Evocación de una India desaparecida, imbuida de humor y emoción, El pacto del agua es un himno al entendimiento humano y al progreso de la medicina, y un testimonio de las dificultades sufridas por las generaciones pasadas por el bienestar de quienes viven ahora.
Description
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.
Language
Text in Spanish ; Translated from the English
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Verghese, A., & Hojman, E. (2023). El pacto del agua =: The covenant of water (Primera edición.). Narrativa/Salamandra.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Verghese, Abraham, 1955- and Eduardo Hojman. 2023. El Pacto Del Agua =: The Covenant of Water. Narrativa/Salamandra.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Verghese, Abraham, 1955- and Eduardo Hojman. El Pacto Del Agua =: The Covenant of Water Narrativa/Salamandra, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Verghese, Abraham, and Eduardo Hojman. El Pacto Del Agua =: The Covenant of Water Primera edición., Narrativa/Salamandra, 2023.
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