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The alchemy of desire

Moving from New Delhi to a cabin in the Himalayas, a newly married man feverishly works on his novel before the chance discovery of old diaries leads him to become obsessed with the cabin's previous occupant, a glamorous American woman.

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  • "The alchemy of desire"
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  • "Moving from New Delhi to a cabin in the Himalayas, a newly married man feverishly works on his novel before the chance discovery of old diaries leads him to become obsessed with the cabin's previous occupant, a glamorous American woman."@en
  • "Moving from New Delhi to a cabin in the Himalayas, a newly married man feverishly works on his novel before the chance discovery of old diaries leads him to become obsessed with the cabin's previous occupant, a glamorous American woman."
  • "Als een Indiase adjunct-redacteur toevallig het dagboek van een Amerikaanse vrouw vindt, raakt hij zo door de schrijfster geobsedeerd dat dit een wig drijft tussen hem en zijn vrouw."
  • ""A young couple from a small town in India, penniless but gloriously in love, move to the big city, where the man works feverishly on a novel, stopping only to feed his ceaseless desire for his beautiful Wife. In time the lovers abandon the city for an old house in the mist-shrouded Himalayas."
  • ""In turn-of-the-millennium India, a penniless would-be writer halts work on his novel only to feed his ceaseless desire for his beautiful wife. Then a chance occurrence moves the lovers to a sprawling old house in a mist-shrouded spur of the lower Himalayas, where a set of diaries written by a glamorous American adventuress is uncovered during renovations. Her words irresistibly draw the writer away from his beloved, thrusting him through the hole of history into another world and time, revealing dark secrets and overturning all certainties. Inventive, playful, heartbreaking, brimming with ideas and memorable characters, The Alchemy of Desire is a major literary work by one of the most significant new voices of a generation."--Publisher's website."@en
  • ""In turn-of-the-millennium India, a penniless would-be writer halts work on his novel only to feed his ceaseless desire for his beautiful wife. Then a chance occurrence moves the lovers to a sprawling old house in a mist-shrouded spur of the lower Himalayas, where a set of diaries written by a glamorous American adventuress is uncovered during renovations. Her words irresistibly draw the writer away from his beloved, thrusting him through the hole of history into another world and time, revealing dark secrets and overturning all certainties. Inventive, playful, heartbreaking, brimming with ideas and memorable characters, The Alchemy of Desire is a major literary work by one of the most significant new voices of a generation."--Publisher's website."
  • "Tells the story of a young couple, penniless but gloriously in love, and how things begin to fall apart, during which, a chance discovery triggers a strange energy."@en

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  • "Love stories"
  • "Love stories"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Powieść indyjska w języku angielskim"@pl
  • "Histoires d'amour"

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  • "The alchemy of desire"
  • "The alchemy of desire"@en
  • "L'alchimia del desiderio"
  • "L'alchimia del desiderio"@it
  • "Alchemia pożądania"@pl
  • "Alchemia pożądania"
  • "Loin de Chandigarh : roman"
  • "The Alchemy of Desire"
  • "Loin de Chandigarh"
  • "La alquimia del deseo"@es

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