The Rice Mother - Couverture souple

Manicka, Rani

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0340823836 ISBN 13 : 9780340823835

Editeur : Sceptre, 2003

Synopsis

Beguiled by promises of wealth, fourteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaysia and marriage to a man many years her senior. But Ayah has lied to her and her family about his circumstances and in fact 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. On the eve of peace, her beloved eldest daughter is raped and killed by the occupying army. 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 and the novel ends on a note of reconciliation and hope.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Rani Manicka was born and educated in Malaysia. An economics graduate, she now divides her time between Malaysia and the UK. Her first novel, The Rice Mother, won the South East Asia and South Pacific Region 2003 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, has been translated into 22 languages, and gained international acclaim. Nationality: Malaysian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0340823836
• ISBN 13: 9780340823835
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 592
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible