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The Prisoner of Paradise
Romesh Gunesekera
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Description for The Prisoner of Paradise
Paperback. A lyrical, beguiling story of slavery, freedom, identity and forbidden love from the Booker-shortlisted author of Reef Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 278. 400 pages. A lyrical, beguiling story of slavery, freedom, identity and forbidden love from the Booker-shortlisted author of Reef. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: FV. Dimension: 131 x 198 x 25. Weight: 278.
Lucy Gladwell arrives in Mauritius from England to live with her aunt and uncle at their grand plantation house. Under the surface of this beautiful island paradise, poised between India and Africa, there is unease, and Lucy cannot help but feel discomfited by the restrictions she sees around her, and by the strangely attractive Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon. It is 1825: the age of slavery is coming to its messy end, and word is lapping against the shores of the island of a charismatic new Indian leader who will shine ... Read more
Lucy Gladwell arrives in Mauritius from England to live with her aunt and uncle at their grand plantation house. Under the surface of this beautiful island paradise, poised between India and Africa, there is unease, and Lucy cannot help but feel discomfited by the restrictions she sees around her, and by the strangely attractive Don Lambodar, a young translator from Ceylon. It is 1825: the age of slavery is coming to its messy end, and word is lapping against the shores of the island of a charismatic new Indian leader who will shine ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408830376
SKU
V9781408830376
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99-50
About Romesh Gunesekera
Romesh Gunesekera is the author of four novels: Reef, which was shortlisted for both the Booker Prize and the Guardian Fiction Prize, The Sandglass, winner of the inaugural BBC Asia Award, Heaven's Edge, shortlisted for a Commonwealth Writers Prize and a New York Times Notable Book, and The Match. He has also written two collections of short stories: his acclaimed ... Read more
Reviews for The Prisoner of Paradise
Gunesekera's lush descriptions make you see and smell the island and feel its hot, damp air on your skin
Spectator
A terrific read: pacy, political, moral, atmospheric and yes, definitely romantic ...The film is waiting to be made. It's all there: an inverted but murky Pride and Prejudice, paradise spoilt, ill-fated lovers, rascals, imperial wickedness, the cunning of ... Read more
Spectator
A terrific read: pacy, political, moral, atmospheric and yes, definitely romantic ...The film is waiting to be made. It's all there: an inverted but murky Pride and Prejudice, paradise spoilt, ill-fated lovers, rascals, imperial wickedness, the cunning of ... Read more