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Darshan: A Journey

Darshan: A Journey

by IreneBlack (Author)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Darshan centres on Sara Davis, who, having lived in India since she was ten, returns to Britain in 1999 to study in Oxford. She has always felt a misfit in India and harbours hopes of finding her missing Welsh father. However, things take a sinister turn. She is subjected to terror, betrayal and bitter disappointment, when she is dragged into a religious cult that preys on young women, and when she discovers the terrible truth about her father. Her quest takes her to Wales, Germany, New York and to India, where she finds a chance of contentment - but at a price. The novel explores issues of cultural identity and challenges preconceptions about Indian society. The author, who has an MA in Indian temple art and architecture, and has lived in India, has drawn on elements of her research and experiences in the novel.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 342
 Publisher: Goldenford Publishers Limited
Published: 28 Jul 2008
ISBN 10: 0953161390
ISBN 13: 9780953161393
Book Overview: In her works Irene is interested in examining the subject of cultural identity, She herself come from a culturally diverse background, with family spread across the world - Britain, Thailand, Laos, the USA, Germany, France, Israel, Sri Lanka, Mexico and Australia. Irene aims to make her fiction accessible, exciting and with more than a touch of suspense and romance. She runs courses and gives talks on Hindu temple art and culture.

Media Reviews
`An involving story, beautifully told.' The Oxford Times Book Review
Author Bio
Irene Black is a British writer with a multicultural background. At various times she has been a psychologist, a teacher of modern languages, and since 2006 an Asian Art historian. She has lived in the USA, Australia and India. She spends most of her summers in Laos were her son lives. In 2006, she gained her MA dissertation on South Indian temples. She has won a number of national and international prizes for short stories, poetry and articles, including the following: winner of NAWG Annual Best Short Story Award 2003, Writers' Forum Magazine Short Story Prize 2004, BBC Southern Counties Short Story Award 2006 and The New Writer Essay/Article Prize in 2004. She was short-listed for Bristol Prize 2008. The Moon's Complexion was the first of her thee novels. She has also published a biography of her parents If only I could have News from You ( September 2016), the story of their lives under the Nazis and their amazing exodus from Germany. She has also written a guidebook to South Indian temples (publication March 2018)