Follow Five Generations of One Remarkable Indian Family on a Quest for Enlightenment.
About the Author :
Bem Le Hunte was born in Calcutta to an Indian mother and British father. She grew up in India and London, studied anthropology at Cambridge, and worked as a university lecturer and copywriter before moving to the Himalayas to have a baby and write this book. She now lives in California with her husband and two sons.
Review :
"Le Hunte and her book, The Seduction of Silence, have all the ingredients for success." - The Bulletin (Australia)
A lovely... ambitious novel ...Le Hunte threads events together with a confident, steady hand...." - Washington Post
"Terrific one-liners and skillful foreshadowing make for a great read. " - San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"...a glorious mélange of family saga, social commentary, and treatise on spirituality." - Booklist
"An unexpected delight... [Le Hunte] gives new meaning to the search for spiritual fulfillment." - Lalita Tademy, author of Oprah Book Club selection Cane River
"There is real enchantment here...[in] prose as vivid and arresting as a marigold. I couldn't put it down." - Geraldine Brooks, author of Year of Wonders and Nine Parts of Desire
"A splendidly conceived saga ...vivid, compelling, utterly fascinating." - Kirkus Reviews
"A splendidly conceived saga...: vivid, compelling, utterly fascinating." - Kirkus Reviews
A lovely... ambitious novel ... an evocative portrait of India. - Washington Post
"Passionate prose, which although lacking the mad pyrotechnics of Rushdie's wordplay, is nonetheless just as intense." - Melbourne Age
"Le Hunte creates a vivid sense of place, spiking it with strange and haunting characters." - Adelaide Advertiser
"The Seduction of Silence is a work of persuasive imagination...such scope, power and narrative charm...ample and fascinating." - Thomas Keneally, author of Schindler's List
