Cinnamon Gardens by Shyam Selvadurai - 1999

Hachette Books, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hachette Books, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hachette Books, 1999. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hachette Books, 1999. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hyperion Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hyperion Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New York. 1999. Hyperion. Advance Reader's Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0786864737. 357 pages. paperback. keywords: Literature Sri Lanka Asia . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Set in 1920s' Ceylon, during the turbulent closing days of colonial rule, this evocative story of intertwined lives takes us behind the fragrant gardens and polished surfaces of the elite who reside in a wealthy suburb of Colombo to reveal a world of splintered families, conflicted passions, and lives destroyed by class hatred. Annalukshmi, a spirited young schoolteacher, finds herself caught between her family's pressures to marry and her own desire for a more independent life. Then there is her uncle Balendran, whose comfortable life of privilege is rocked by the arrival of Richard, a lover from his past. Their uneasy reunion re-ignites tensions with Balendran's powerful father, and threatens all on which Balendran has built his present life. Sensual, perceptive, and wise, Cinnamon Gardens is a novel of exceptional… Read More

Hyperion, July 1999. First Edition. Hardcover . Very Good/Good. Very Good Hardcover with Good+ Dustjacket. First Edition. Light to moderate soiling and shelfwear to DJ, including a few tiny tears. Light soiling and shelfwear to covers. A few pages have a bent corner. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984.

New York: Hyperion, 1999 First Printing. Fine/Fine. Not remainder marked or price clipped.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Hyperion, 1999. Hardcover. 357p., very good first edition, first printing stated in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Novel set in Ceylon of the 1920s. A strong young woman being forced into an arranged marriage and her secretly gay uncle.