A "section of Stone" is history of love long in life, treachery and expiation, human weakness and strength of mind, banishment and long home-coming. In the missionary hospital of Addis Abeba two boys two twins, accrete heads, Мэрион and Шива, give birth under tragic, truly shakespearian, circumstances. Born by the wonderful Indian nun from a surgeon-englishman, boys became an orphan at first o'clock of life. An art and courage of doctors dividing them right after birth defined their life and fate. Мэрион and Шива will bind the life to medicine, but everybody will go the road. They are waited by surprizing, tragic and complete unbelievable events fate. Absolutely happy childhood and dramatic youth, searches itself and roots, love look like a delusion, and jealousy, eating away the soul. And all this under the canopy of medicine. What would not take place in lives of heroes of this truly large novel, however their fate tormented, the main for them was always remained by surgery - business for the sake of that they came in this world.Abraham Вергезе is a prominent doctor, lighted in area of physiotherapy, one of the most authoritative doctors of America. His first novel became a large event, surprizing feeling and authenticity, innermost knowledge of profession and magnificent literary style allow to name a book Вергезе one of the most considerable medical novels of the last century.A book contains an unprintable bad language.