Sculpting the Elephant
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Claret Press
Published:1st Mar '19
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Harry King, artist and antiques dealer, thinks he has just made the worst purchase of his life - an enormous Victorian chest of drawers filled with ancient newspapers and bric-a-brac that now takes up half his shop. But when he trips over the beautiful historian Ramma Gupta, he realises he might have got more than he bargained for. Their story becomes entwined with the life of a Victorian explorer who mysteriously disappeared. A cross-cultural journey takes them from Oxford to India to uncover love, secrets, and the teachings of a lost empire.
'Found myself totally immersed in the history and culture of a place close to my own origins. The intricate narrative design of two parallel plot lines with their distinctive location and ethos - colonial India of the British Raj, and Oxford (England) in the late 1990's - pulled me deep into the lives of the protagonists. Sylvia Vetta has written a book which fundamentally traces the philosophical and moral dimensions of a journey which crosses racial and religious boundaries.' Rebecca Haque, Professor of English at the University of Dhaka and Daily Star columnist.
ISBN: 9781910461334
Dimensions: 203mm x 133mm x 15mm
Weight: 310g
268 pages