CINNAMON
GARDENS By Hyam Selvaduri Hyperion - July 1999 ISBN: 0786864737 Fiction / Historical Reviewed by: Pam Stone, MyShelf.Com Buy It Here A novel set in the upper class of the gracious, repressive and complex world of the 1920's. Cinnamon Gardens is a suburb of Colombo and was built by the colonial masters for the purpose of gain. In these and around the gardens were exclusive homes; in two of these homes were related family members. This book tells of two families and their stories are intertwined. There is the uncle Balendram, who must suppress his secret desires and urges. And Annalukshmiis, a young teacher and niece of Balendram, whose family has arranged marriage to a man she does not love, causing her to be torn between family honor and her own independent nature. I found this to be a mature complex read of 400 pages. Fascinating read of the 1920's. |