The Splendor of Silence: A Novel

Overview

Set in India during four searing pre-monsoon days in May 1942, The Splendor of Silence is internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan's most unforgettable accomplishment yet, merging her Indian and American backgrounds into a heartrending tale of l

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Sundaresan (A Feast of Roses) returns to her native India for a sprawling story of forbidden love set against the backdrop of WWII and the struggle for Indian independence. U.S. Army Capt. Sam Hawthorne comes to the small kingdom of Rudrakot in the Sukh desert of western India, ostensibly to recover from an injury suffered during a rescue mission behind Japanese lines in Burma. Sam has secrets, however. He's a spy, a member of the fledgling OSS, and he's looking for his brother Mike, who disappeared while serving in a local regiment, the Rudrakot Rifles, where "even his name was false." Complicating matters, Sam has a brief but torrid affair with Mila, the daughter of the kingdom's Indian political agent, who is betrothed to the local prince. As Sam plots to free his brother from a nearby detention center, Mila's brother Ashok becomes involved in a nationalist plot to bomb the car of the local British representative in Rudrakot. The myriad subplots and some overwriting detract, but Sundaresan renders Rudrakot vividly and the sympathetic (if doomed) characters generate enough friction to keep the pot boiling. (Sept.) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY.

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Bio of Indu Sundaresan

Indu Sundaresan was born and raised in India. She came to the U.S. for graduate studies and started writing fiction seriously in 1993. Her work has appeared in "The Vincent Brothers Review" and "iVillage.com. She has worked with local theatre building and painting sets, and writing program notes and teachers packets. She lives in Bellevue, Washington. 010

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Imprint

Atria

Filesize

1.35 MB

Number of Pages

416

eBook ISBN

0743293819