At a busy intersection in Manila, the magical and the seedy collide: shimmering lanterns and poverty, Christmas carols and child prostitution, dreams of friendship and the global 'war on terror'. A hut in the slums becomes a cathedral and silence is an exchange of breaths. This raw and hard-hitting novel captures issues of our times and is delicately spare in its prose, with room for silences. Reading it is like walking into the lantern maker's hut where 'life must be squeezed to pocket-size, breath must be kept spare...be frugal where life is fragile'.
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Paperback Editions
October 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Solemn Lantern Maker: A Novel Author(s): Merlinda Bobis ISBN: 0-385-34113-X / 978-0-385-34113-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Delta Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
March 2008 : Paperback
| Title: The Solemn Lantern Maker Author(s): Merlinda Bobis ISBN: 1-74196-078-9 / 9781741960785 (Australia edition) Publisher: Murdoch Books Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Other Editions
October 2009 : Kindle edition
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