| The Luminist Contributor(s): Rocklin, David (Author), Mitchard, Jacquelyn (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0979018870 ISBN-13: 9780979018879 Publisher: Hawthorne Books OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Coming Of Age |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2011004506 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.6" W x 9" (0.95 lbs) 322 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: IN COLONIAL INDIA, at a time of growing friction between the ruling British and the restless Indian populace, a Victorian woman and her young Tamil Indian servant defy convention, class, and heartbreak to investigate what is gained - and lost - by holding life still. Suggested by the life and work of photographic pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron, The Luminist filters 19th century Ceylon through the lens of an English woman, Catherine Colebrook and a 15 year old Tamil boy, Eligius Shourie. Left fatherless by soldiers, Eligius is brought as a servant to the Colebrooks' neglected estate. In the shadow of Catherine's obsession to arrest beauty - to select a moment from the thousands comprising her life in Ceylon and hold it apart from mere memory - Eligius transforms into her apprentice in the creation of the first haunting photographs in history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Rocklin, David: - Anthony McCarten's debut novel, Spinners, won international acclaim, and was followed by The English Harem, the award-winning Death of a Superhero, and Show of Hands. The four books have been translated into fourteen languages. McCarten has also written twelve stage plays, including the worldwide success Ladies' Night, which won France's Molière Prize and the Meilleure Pièce Comique in 2001. Also a film-maker, he has thrice adapted his own plays or novels into feature films, most recently Death of a Superhero (2011), which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Anthony divides his time between London and Los Angeles. |