The Japanese Lover
Editorial PENGUIN USA
Espanya peninsular
- Editorial PENGUIN USA
- ISBN13 9781444700336
- ISBN10 1444700332
- Tipus Llibre
- Pàgines 326
- Any Edició 2010
- Idioma Anglès
- Encuadernació Rústica
Seccions
Literatura AnglesaThe Japanese Lover
Editorial PENGUIN USA
Espanya peninsular
Detalls del llibre
A breathtaking and absorbing novel set in Malaya propelled by the superb storytelling instinct of the author of THE RICE MOTHER. Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father has cheated, supplying a different girl's photograph, and Kasu Marimuthu, furious, threatens to send her home in disgrace. Gradually husband and wife reach an accommodation, and the naive young girl learns to assume the air of sophisticated mistress of a luxurious estate. She even adopts his love child and treats Rubini as her own daughter -- a generous act which is rewarded by a long-wished-for son. But it is a life without passion, and Parvathi dreams of loving -- and being loved -- with complete abandon. When the Japanese invade Malaya, in WW2, they requisition the estate. Marimuthu dies and Parvathi is forced to accept the protection of the Japanese general who has robbed her of her home. For the first time, she experiences sexual ecstasy. And gradually, her sworn enemy becomes the lover she has always yearned for ...