The Lotus Eaters

'A tremendously evocative debut, a love story set in the hallucinatory atmo sphere of war, described in translucent, fever-dream prose.' Janice Y. K. L ee, author of the bestselling 'The Piano Teacher' As the fall of Saigon beg ins in 1975, two lovers make their way through the streets, desperately try ing to catch one of the last planes out. Helen Adams, a photojournalist, mu st leave behind a war she has become addicted to and a devastated country s he loves. Linh, her lover, must grapple with his own conflicting loyalties to the woman from whom he can't bear to be parted, and his country. Betraya l and self-sacrifice follows, echoing the pattern of their relationship ove r the war-torn years, beginning in the splendour of Angkor Wat, with jaded, cynical, larger-than-life war correspondent Sam Darrow, Helen's greatest l ove and fiercest competitor, driven by demons she can only hope to vanquish . Spurred on by the need to get the truth of the war out to an internationa l audience, and the immense personal cost this carries, Sam and Helen's pas sionate and all-consuming love is tested to the limit. This mesmerising nov el carries resonance across contemporary wars with questions of love and he art-breaking betrayal interwoven with the conflict.

Product Info

ISBN: 0007364202

ISBN-13: 9780007364206

Publisher: Harperpress

Year: 2011

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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