Mistress - Softcover

Nair, Anita

3.63

1,580 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905147309 ISBN 13: 9781905147304

Publisher: Arcadia Books, 2007

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When travel writer Christopher Stewart arrives at a riverside resort in Kerala to meet Koman, Radha's uncle and a famous Kathakali dancer, he enters a world of masks and repressed emotions. From their first meeting, both Radha and her uncle are drawn to the enigmatic young man with his cello and his incessant questions about the past. The triangle quickly excludes Shyam, Radha's husband, who can only watch helplessly as she embraces Chris with a passion that he has never been able to draw from her. Also playing the role of observer-participant is Koman; his life story, as it unfolds, captures all the nuances and contradictions of the relationships being made - and unmade - in front of his eyes. A brilliant bled of imaginative storytelling and deeply moving explorations into the search for meaning in art and life, "Mistress" is a literary tour de force from one of India's most exciting writers.

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'Blends myth, history, and human emotion into a mixture as sweet as the nectar of the jackfruit and as tangled as human behaviour ... highly recommended' -Library Journal, starred review 'A sweeping multigenerational ale of love and loss' -Financial Times 'Tempestuously exotic ... it pulsates with passion and desire' -Booklist

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Tempestuously exotic, Nair's intricately woven multicultural and multigenerational saga pulsates with passion and desire." --Booklist

"This intricately plotted novel by Nair (Ladies Coupe), her third to be published in the United States, blends myth, history, and human emotion into a mixture as sweet as the nectar of the jackfruit and as tangled as human behavior . . . Highly recommended." --Library Journal, starred review

When travel writer Christopher Stewart arrives at a riverside resort in Kerala, India to meet Koman, Radha's uncle and a famous dancer, he enters a world of masks and repressed emotions. From their first meeting, both Radha and her uncle are drawn to the enigmatic young man with his cello and his incessant questions about the past. The triangle quickly excludes Shyam, Radha's husband, who can only watch helplessly as she embraces Chris with a passion that he has never been able to draw from her. Also playing the role of observer-participant is Koman; his life story, as it unfolds, captures all the nuances and contradictions of the relationships being made--and unmade--in front of his eyes.

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