Bridging across two continents and three distinct times Abraham Vergheses Cutting for Stone proves to be a timeless work of literature that pulls at the heartstrings of anyone who dares to read it Set in the backdrop of Ethiopia during a time of turmoil and revolutionary changes as well as in two major cities in the Eastern United States this fictional novel appears to parallel important junctures in Vergheses own life He was born in Ethiopia near Addis Ababa to Indian parents and had started h