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From a stuffy room in a Spiritualist Church in England to the beauty of the Himalayas, this is the story of the spiritual and emotional journeys of five generations of a remarkable Indian family.
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."..a glorious mlange of family saga, social commentary, and treatise on spirituality." -- Booklist
A lovely. ambitious novel .Le Hunte threads events together with a confident, steady hand.." -- Washington Post
"There is real enchantment here...[in] prose as vivid and arresting as a marigold. I couldn't put it down."--Geraldine Brooks, author of Year of Wonders and Nine Parts of Desire
"Passionate prose, which although lacking the mad pyrotechnics of Rushdie's wordplay, is nonetheless just as intense."--Melbourne Age
"Le Hunte and her book, The Seduction of Silence, have all the ingredients for success."--The Bulletin (Australia)
A lovely... ambitious novel ...Le Hunte threads events together with a confident, steady hand...."--Washington Post
"Le Hunte creates a vivid sense of place, spiking it with strange and haunting characters."--Adelaide Advertiser
"A splendidly conceived saga...: vivid, compelling, utterly fascinating."--Kirkus Reviews
"Terrific one-liners and skillful foreshadowing make for a great read. "--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
."..a glorious m?lange of family saga, social commentary, and treatise on spirituality."--Booklist
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A lovely. ambitious novel .Le Hunte threads events together with a confident, steady hand.." -- Washington Post
"There is real enchantment here...[in] prose as vivid and arresting as a marigold. I couldn't put it down."--Geraldine Brooks, author of Year of Wonders and Nine Parts of Desire
"Passionate prose, which although lacking the mad pyrotechnics of Rushdie's wordplay, is nonetheless just as intense."--Melbourne Age
"Le Hunte and her book, The Seduction of Silence, have all the ingredients for success."--The Bulletin (Australia)
A lovely... ambitious novel ...Le Hunte threads events together with a confident, steady hand...."--Washington Post
"Le Hunte creates a vivid sense of place, spiking it with strange and haunting characters."--Adelaide Advertiser
"A splendidly conceived saga...: vivid, compelling, utterly fascinating."--Kirkus Reviews
"Terrific one-liners and skillful foreshadowing make for a great read. "--San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
."..a glorious m?lange of family saga, social commentary, and treatise on spirituality."--Booklist
Bem Le Hunte was born in Calcutta to an Indian mother and British father. She grew up in India and London, studied anthropology at Cambridge, and worked as a university lecturer and copywriter before moving to the Himalayas to have a baby and write this book. She now lives in California with her husband and two sons.
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- PublisherFlamingo
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0732268214
- ISBN 13 9780732268213
- BindingPaperback
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