Juliet yearns for the "ebb and flow of life
lived avidly", for the pace and challenge of city living. The
conflict between her love of husband and children and her own passionate
need for expression is intensified by her move from small-town Canada
to Southern India.
The stifling restrictions on Juliet's freedom
are magnified in the plight of her young widowed neighbour. The
beautiful Yashoda longs to embrace the Western values that would
release her from the strictures of Indian tradition. But the ancient
mores are powerful and enduring, and challenging them inevitably
leads to tragedy.
The Ivory Swing won Canada's prestigious $50,000
Seal Award for Best First Novel, as well as great critical acclaim.
"A disturbing meditation on the clash
of cultures and the rebellion and feminine rage in each... A novel
of unusual delicacy and power."
— Washington Post Book World
"A truly magnificent literary achievement."
— Booklist, USA
"The steamy, subtle, utterly impenetrable
mysteries of India... a work both emotionally and stylistically
deft."
— Thomas Keneally
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PUBLICATION HISTORY |
Australia |
Hodder & Stoughton 1983
Sphere paperback 1984
University
of Queensland Press paperback 1991, reprinted
2000, 2003 |
Canada |
McClelland & Stewart 1982
Seal paperback 1983 |
UK |
Hodder & Stoughton 1983
Sphere paperback 1984
Virago reissue 1992 |
USA |
New York: Dutton 1983
Bantam paperback 1984 |
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