Amrita

Description

A celebrated actress who has died in mysterious and shocking circumstances leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story unfolds; a young brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiancé who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to his own story.

First Sentence

I met Ryichir once on a night sometime in spring.

Description

Amrita opens with the death of a celebrated young actress in mysterious and shocking circumstances. She leaves behind an unconventional extended family that includes an older sister, a woman in her twenties through whose eyes the story unfolds; a kid brother who possesses mystical powers; and a fiance who is writing a novel with uncanny parallels to the story he is living. Caught between history and hope, these three survivors embark on a journey that takes them through grief and suffering, memories lost and regained, forbidden romance, redemption, and recovery in a confrontation with the spirits of the dead on a remote island in the Pacific, once the site of a fatal clash between Japanese and American forces.

Subjects

Other Editions

• AmritaGrove Press1997-01-01
• AmuritaFukutake Shoten1994-01-01
• AmritaFaber and Faber1997-01-01
• AmritaPaperbackPocket1998-04-01
• AmritaPaperbackWashington Square Press1998-08-01
• Kan luShi bao wen hua chu ban qi yeh gu fen yu xian gong si1999-01-01