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Goa. Beyond the sunny beaches, the music and the feni, lies a hinterland caught between the past and present. Here, soon after Liberation, the beautiful young Maria is swept off her feet by the French artist Marcelan affair that ends in tragedy. Decades later, it is this dark, rain-lashed Goa that writer Raja Prasad arrives in as he flees from the dreariness of his own life. It is here that he encounters Mariaa name that is whispered into his ear from a past as treacherous as the ghosts he dares to confront; a woman as enigmatic as the land itself. As he settles down to write his second novel, Raja stumbles on to the mystery surrounding Marias death. And in the process he uncovers secrets of his ownDramatic and intense, Marias Room is a tale of love and memory; of the drunken Fritz and the inscrutable Milton, the delectable Lorna and the frail Ruma; of a fathers fear and a sons turmoil. It is the story of a mans struggle to make sense of himself and the world.
About the Author
Shreekumar Varma is a poet, playwright, novelist, journalist and teacher based in Chennai. His novels include Lament of Mohini and Devils Garden, and he is the author of the plays Platform, Midnight Hotel and the award-winning Dark Lord and Bow of Rama. His poetry has been published in several international anthologies. Marias Room was longlisted for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize.