Lalla and Lavina (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781420852189)

Lalla and Lavina, Stories about Indian Women, portrays the lives of two women, one in ancient India and the other in modern India during the 1950s. Lalla, stunningly beautiful, from a poor outcast forming family is seen by the Emperor Akbar as he is riding on a hunt. She is taken by force as a slave and concubine. Lavina, a modern medical student meets Daniel, an American youth and their lives become entangled romantically. Lavina, returns home, to her father, an outcast Christian convert. Here she narrates campfire stories of the mythical Lalla and the doomed Anarkali to her small siblings and nieces. In doing so, brings the mythical Lalla alive in her own tumultuous life.

Author: Harold Bergsma
ISBN-10: 1420852183
ISBN-13: 9781420852189
Publisher: Authorhouse
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2005
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.65d