by Shyam Selvadurai · 37547 · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782264033963
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«Jardins de Cannelle» is the historical novel by Shyam Selvadurai, published by 10/18 in paperback (320 pages, in French).
Set in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in the 1920s, the novel interweaves the stories of Annalukshmi, who rejects an arranged marriage, and her uncle Balendran, a married man who hides his desire for men. The arrival of a former lover threatens their world, and both must decide whether they can be happy without harming others.
The novel was originally published in 1998 as 'Cinnamon Gardens'; this French edition appeared in 2002 in the 'domaine étranger' collection.
For readers of historical fiction and narrative about identity, desire and social pressure, with LGBT characters.
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.
