Plastic Emotions
ISBN-13: 9781910312315
Contributor(s): Shiromi Pinto
Subject: Modern & Contemporary Fiction (Post 1945)
Publisher Imprint: Influx Press
Publication Date: 11-07-2019
Format: Paperback
Availability: In stock
£11.99
About the book
Plastic Emotions is a novel based on the true life story of Minnette de Silva, the first female Sri Lankan architect. In a gripping and lyrical novel, Shiromi Pinto charts Minnette's affair with famed modernist Le Corbusier and her efforts to build a postindependence Sri Lanka. Set in London, Chandigarth, Colombo, Paris and Kandy, Plastic Emotions explores the life of a young, trailblazing south Asian woman at a time of great political turbulence across the globe. From communal violence in Sri Lanka, forewarning the rise of the civil war, to troubles with building a brand new city in north India, de Silva's life is pinned to several key moments in subcontinental history.