The setting of Stone Gods & Naked Lovers is in the magical
landscape of a fictional city called Narkanda near the east coast
of India, famous for its erotic temple sculptures as well as
growing reputation as a hi-tech center. The main protagonist is
Rahul Adam born out of a secret love affair between an American
nurse Ruth Adam and a Catholic Missionary priest Father Mark Wayne
Thomas of the Mission of Sacred Souls in Narkanda. Rahul Adam who
spent first five years of his life as an orphan at the Mission
returns quarter of a century later as the general manager of a
multinational American Power Corporation (APC) that is establishing
a power plant project in India. While searching for his roots and
the priest, Rahul falls in love with an Indian woman reporter
Rohini Rao who is being hunted herself and is on the run. Later on,
he learns that the renegade priest had left the church long time
ago and became the founder of a cult called the Lotus Eaters. The
climax of this book takes place in a coastal town where body of the
dead priest was being preserved by his followers in the belief that
as promised, he would come back to life with the first Monsoon rain
(and he almost does). The central motif of this book is Rahul
Adam's search for his father and a doomed love affair with the
Indian magazine reporter Rohini Rao. Story background includes some
interesting Moslem characters, violence against Christians in
India, and mass suicide of poor farmers in the drought stricken
region. The book with strong plotting of a suspense novel is about
search for identity, corrupt power politics, love, monsoon, rain
and death.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2012 |
First published: |
April 2012 |
Authors: |
Ashok Sharma
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
268 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4699-9230-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
1-4699-9230-2 |
Barcode: |
9781469992303 |
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