Free shipping on orders over $99
Elephants with Headlights

Elephants with Headlights

by Bem Le Hunte
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2020

Share This Book:

 
$29.99

An encounter with Elephants with Headlights is a collision between east and west, modernity and tradition — between driverless cars and ancient lore — and a world that needs revolutionary reappraisal.

In this world, Savitri, named after a Goddess, refuses outright to marry anyone. Her brother, Neel is intent on marrying an Australian girl called Mae, much to the displeasure of their mother, Tota, and father, Siddarth. But do they have the power to command love or destiny? Only the family astrologer, Arunji, knows, yet his truth is tempered by obligations to the family that transformed his life.

Characters we come to love and care for teeter on the brink of a radically altered future, leaving questions in their wake. What is the generative legacy of tradition? Can spiritual values survive amidst personal challenges, the tragedy of a death foretold, and the momentous changes of our times? A warm and engaging novel touched with love, wisdom and soulfulness, Elephants with Headlights is a breathtaking story for the threshold era we all navigate.

ISBN:
9781925760484
9781925760484
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Transit Lounge Publishing
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
304
Dimensions (mm):
234x153mm
‘Bem Le Hunte is quite simply, a wonderful novelist.’ — Geraldine Brooks
Bem Le Hunte

Bem Le Hunte is the author of the novels The Seduction of Silence and There, Where the Pepper Grows, which have become number one bestsellers and been published internationally to critical acclaim. She is also an Associate Professor at the University of Technology Sydney, where she’s the founding director of the Bachelor of Creative Intelligence and Innovation, a transdisciplinary, future-facing degree that teaches creativity across 25 different disciplines.

Bem was born in Kolkata to an Indian mother and British father, and has a BA and MA in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University and a Creative Doctorate from the University of Sydney. Writing has always been her elemental passion, and the gift of this calling has allowed her to flourish in many ways and worlds. She lives in Sydney with her partner Jan Golembiewski and their three children.

Click 'Notify Me' to get an email alert when this item becomes available

You can find this item in:

Show more Show less

Reviews

Be the first to review Elephants with Headlights.