by Shyam Selvadurai · Bizâncio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789725301913
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«Jardins de Canela» is the romantic novel by Shyam Selvadurai, published by Bizâncio in paperback (304 pages, in Portuguese).
In the stifling high society of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the 1920s, Annalukshmi longs for independence while her family seeks a suitable marriage for her, and her uncle Balendran sees Richard, his former lover, reappear. The novel deals with forbidden emotions, family duties and resistance to social norms.
The original English title is Cinnamon Gardens, originally published in 1998; this Portuguese edition is from 2003.
For readers of historical fiction and romance seeking narrative with LGBTQ+ themes and a South Asian setting.
Shyam Selvadurai is a Sri Lankan Canadian novelist. He is most noted for his 1994 novel Funny Boy, which won the Books in Canada First Novel Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction.
