Right of Thirst

Shattered by his wife's death, and by his own role in it, successful cardiologist Charles Anderson volunteers to assist with earthquake relief in an impoverished Islamic country in a constant state of conflict with its neighbor. But when the refugees he's come to help do not appear and artillery begins to fall in the distance along the border, the story takes an unexpected turn.

This haunting, resonant tour de force about one man's desire to live a moral life offers a moving exploration of the tensions between poverty and wealth, the ethics of intervention, the deep cultural differences that divide the world, and the essential human similarities that unite it.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 04/21/2009
ISBN: 9780061687549
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.44w x 0.92d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2009
Publishers Weekly 03/30/2009 pg. 28
New Yorker (The) 07/20/2009 pg. 77
New York Times Book Review 08/16/2009 pg. 15