The Splendor of Silence: A Novel (Hardcover)

by Indu Sundaresan (Author) "A cold moon washed the skies as the single, black caterpillar line of the night train to Rudrakot cleaved through the Sukh desert ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Atria; 1 edition (Sep 12 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0743283678
ISBN-13: 978-0743283670
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 636 g
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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.)
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About the Author

Indu Sundaresan, born and raised in India, came to the United States for graduate studies and is the author of The Twentieth Wife and The Feast of Roses. She lives in the Seattle, Washington, area. Visit the author's website at www.indusundaresan.com.

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