Genie and Paul
Author | : Natasha Soobramanien |
Publisher | : Myriad Editions |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2012-08-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781908434166 |
ISBN-13 | : 1908434163 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Download or read book Genie and Paul written by Natasha Soobramanien and published by Myriad Editions. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One morning in May 2003, on the cyclone-ravaged island of Rodrigues in the Indian Ocean, the body of a man washes up on the beach. Six weeks previously, the night Tropical Cyclone Kalunde first gathered force, destruction of another kind hit twenty-six-year-old Genie Lallan and her life in London: after a night out with her brother she wakes up in hospital to discover that he's disappeared. Where has Paul gone and why did he abandon her at the club where she collapsed? Genie's search for him leads her to Rodrigues, sister island to Mauritius - their island of origin, and for Paul, the only place he has ever felt at home. Will Genie track Paul down? And what will she find if she does? An imaginative reworking of the French 18th century classic, 'Paul et Virginie', set in London, Mauritius and Rodrigues, Genie and Paul is an utterly original love story: the story of a sister's love for a lost brother, and the story of his love for an island that has never really existed.