Verghese's 2023 multi-generational Kerala novel. Oprah's Book Club pick; one of the most-recommended literary novels of 2023-25.
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The Covenant of Water is a 2023 novel by physician and author Abraham Verghese. The book tells the story of a Malayali family living in southwest India, in the State of Kerala, with the narrative spanning three generations, from 1900 to 1977. In each generation, some members of the family die by drowning because of an affliction they refer to as "the Condition".