The Rice Mother - Brossura

Manicka, Rani

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1444706586 ISBN 13: 9781444706581

Casa editrice: Hodder & Stoughton, 2010

Riassunto

A compelling glimpse into a captivatingly exotic world of myth and magic. Beguiled by promises of wealth, fourteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and marriage to a man many years her senior. But Ayah has lied to her and her family about his circumstances and in fact he lives in poverty. A woman of formidable energy and intelligence, Lakshmi provides security, if not luxury, for her family, though at a considerable emotional cost. Then the Japanese army invades during WWII. The family bears deep scars and inflicts those wounds on the next generation. But in Nisha, Lakshmi's great-granddaughter, it is as if Fate has come full circle . . .

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It would be difficult not to be seduced by . . . the intriguing mixture of myth, religion and superstition . . . there is a freedom and freshness in the manner in which the author explores the interior life of her characters whose idiosyncrasies and many failings are sympathetically and sometimes humorously observed . . . It possesses a genuine intimacy and passionate involvement. (Elizabeth Buchan, Times Play)

You'll struggle to find a more powerful, moving read this year. (Glamour)

Emotionally satisfying, complex books like this are harder to find. (Heat)

I simply didn't want it to end . . . The characters themselves, with their resolute individualism, ultimately seem larger than either the superbly drawn historical background or the novel's exotic setting (Image Magazine)

A vivid storyteller . . . Unfolding over four generations like a Greek tragedy, it's a compulsive and often harrowing tale. (In Style)

Echoes of Memoirs of a Geisha in this exotic family saga (Daily Mirror)

Powerful (Sunday Mirror)

Drips with local colour . . . wonderful. (Daily Mail)

A vividly atmospheric novel of tragedy, superstition, belief and hope. (Woman & Home)

Rich in domestic detail essential for a convincing family saga . . . this novel transcends its genre . . . she has created a novel with its own strong flavour. (Times Play)

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Winner of the South East Asia and South Pacific Region Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2003

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• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1444706586
• ISBN 13: 9781444706581
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 608