Touching Earth

THE BALINESE TWINS - Beautiful and exotic, they exchange an island paradise for the shabby squalor of London, and innocence for corruption.

THE SICILIAN- Ricky Delgado strikes a devil's bargain with a blood goddess: 'Build my temple and bring me the souls of damaged people, and you will see what rewards I give.'

THE COURTESAN - Elizabeth makes her living from men's desire. With a flick of the switch in her head, she feels nothing: no pain, no hate, no sorrow, no joy.

THE ARTIST - Anis takes to painting as an outlet for his rage. His artist's eye knows his subjects before they know themselves, and he paints them all, a gallery of broken people.

Can they escape the deadly web of decadence and sin?

About the author

Rani Manicka, 1964 in Malaysia geboren und aufgewachsen, hat Wirtschaftswissenschaften studiert. Sie lebt heute mit ihrem italienischen Mann in England.

Report

High on atmosphere and tension, this is another powerful novel from the author of THE RICE MOTHER. Woman & Home

Product details

• Authors: Rani Manicka
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2005
• EAN: 9780340833162
• ISBN: 978-0-340-83316-2
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 177 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Sceptre Paperbacks; Sceptre Paperbacks
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature