The Far Field - A Novel of Ceylon

In her debut novel, Edie Meidav tells the tale of Henry Fyre Gould, a self-described anti-missionary who travels to Ceylon from the spiritualist salons of 1930s New York City. Driven by an arrogant faith in his ideals, Henry settles in the village of Rajottama, intent on establishing a model society built on the lost truths of Buddhism. Instead of a utopian village, he slowly finds a tinderbox of caste struggle, political rebellion, espionage, and erotic intrigue. In the tradition of Michael Ondaatje, Barbara Kingsolver, and Joseph Conrad, Meidav grapples with the consequences of the West's fascination with the East and explores the nature of faith and love.

About the author

EDIE MEIDAV was born in Toronto. She studied writing at Yale University and Mills College, taught fiction at the New School for Social Research in New York City, and has spent much of her life traveling and living in other countries. In 2000, Meidav was selected by the editors of the Voice Literary Supplement as one of their "Writers on the Verge." 

Product details

• Authors: Edie Meidav
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.05.2002
• EAN: 9780618219162
• ISBN: 978-0-618-21916-2
• Weight: 689 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Narrative theme: Interior life, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Religious and spiritual fiction, Relating to religious groups, Relating to Buddhist people and groups, FICTION: Literary, FICTION: Historical / General, FICTION: Coming of Age, FICTION: Small Town & Rural *, FICTION: Religious, FICTION: Political, FICTION: Cultural Heritage, FICTION: Psychological, FICTION: Buddhist, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, FICTION: Biographical & Autofiction