Madre del arroz relata la vida de Lakshmi, una matriarca del siglo XX que, con solo catorce años, llegó a Malasia desde su Ceilán natal para casarse con un hombre mucho mayor que ella. Lakshmi pronto toma las riendas de su hogar y ahorra para poder dar a su numerosa descendencia un futuro mejor. Con gran tesón y temple, y a pesar de su juventud, defiende el bienestar de sus hijos y logra sobrevivir a la pesadilla de la invasión japonesa. Sin embargo, su familia queda marcada inevitablemente por profundas cicatrices que afectarán incluso a las generaciones venideras. El verdadero legado de Lakshmi, la entregada matriarca, no dará fruto hasta que su bisnieta Nisha logre recomponer el mosaico de la historia familiar, tejido sobre los secretos del pasado y las relaciones agridulces de cuatro generaciones de mujeres.
Rani Manicka Libros
Rani Manicka crea narrativas vívidas e imaginativas que profundizan en las debilidades de la naturaleza humana y las consecuencias de la guerra, a menudo infundidas con ricas historias familiares. Sus cautivadoras historias exploran las complejidades del amor, la traición y la adicción, atrayendo a los lectores a absorbentes relatos de relaciones poco convencionales en escenarios de conflicto histórico. La voz distintiva de Manicka y su hábil prosa crean experiencias literarias inmersivas que resuenan con profundidad emocional.





Touching Earth
- 448 páginas
- 16 horas de lectura
THE BALINESE TWINS -- Beautiful and exotic, they exchange an island paradise for the shabby squalor of London, and innocence for corruption. THE SICILIAN -- Ricky Delgado strikes a devil's bargain with a blood goddess: 'Build my temple and bring me the souls of damaged people, and you will see what rewards I give. THE COURTESAN -- Elizabeth makes her living from men's desire. With a flick of the switch in her head, she feels nothing: no pain, no hate, no sorrow, no joy. THE ARTIST -- Anis takes to painting as an outlet for his rage. His artist's eye knows his subjects before they know themselves, and he paints them all, a gallery of broken people. Can they escape the deadly web of decadence and sin?
De Japanse minnaar
- 367 páginas
- 13 horas de lectura
Escape into a world of exotic intrigue and romance. A breathtaking and absorbing novel set in Malaya propelled by the superb storytelling instinct of the author of THE RICE MOTHER. Parvathi leaves her native Ceylon for Malaya and an arranged marriage to a wealthy businessman. But her father has cheated, supplying a different girl's photograph, and Kasu Marimuthu, furious, threatens to send her home in disgrace. Gradually husband and wife reach an accommodation, and the naïve young girl learns to assume the air of sophisticated mistress of a luxurious estate. She even adopts his love child and treats Rubini as her own daughter – a generous act which is rewarded by a long-wished-for son. But it is a life without passion, and Parvathi dreams of loving – and being loved – with complete abandon. When the Japanese invade Malaya, in WW2, they requisition the estate. Marimuthu dies and Parvathi is forced to accept the protection of the Japanese general who has robbed her of her home. For the first time, she experiences sexual ecstasy. And gradually, her sworn enemy becomes the lover she has always yearned for . . .