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The tennis partner : a doctor's story of friendship and loss / Abraham Verghese

By:

Verghese, Abraham, 1955-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins , c1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: 345 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

0060174056

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

610.92 VER

LOC classification:

R154.V53 A3 1998

Summary: When a tennis ritual evolves between Dr. Abraham Verghese and his medical student David, a former professional tennis player, it rekindles the author's romance with tennis that began as a child. Their meetings on the court and in the hospital in the border city of El Paso ease the pain of Verghese's disintegrating marriage and soften his sense of alienation as a foreigner. As the friendship between the two men deepens, the bond between them deepens -- they are in turn professor and student, confessor and keeper of secrets. When David succumbs to a ghost of his past, his life is sent spiraling out of control. Forced to come to terms with David's tragic fate, Verghese gains a profound new understanding of the deepest meaning of friendship.

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When a tennis ritual evolves between Dr. Abraham Verghese and his medical student David, a former professional tennis player, it rekindles the author's romance with tennis that began as a child. Their meetings on the court and in the hospital in the border city of El Paso ease the pain of Verghese's disintegrating marriage and soften his sense of alienation as a foreigner. As the friendship between the two men deepens, the bond between them deepens -- they are in turn professor and student, confessor and keeper of secrets. When David succumbs to a ghost of his past, his life is sent spiraling out of control. Forced to come to terms with David's tragic fate, Verghese gains a profound new understanding of the deepest meaning of friendship.

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