The Son and The Lover by Visakesa Chandrasekaram cushion covers richly drawn story with a

richly drawn story with a memorable heroine whose extraordinary idealism and courage under fire define an era

is as closely allied with the Buddha's travels as Sri Lanka

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Ellie follows the trail of secrets on a mission to uncover a truth worth killing for

The Son and The Lover by Visakesa Chandrasekaram cushion covers richly drawn story with aIn a society that is perennially chained to heteronormative politics and Buddhist ideologies, Visakesa Chandrasekaram's The Son and the Lover makes a bold intervention in exploring a queer relationship between a Buddhist monk and a white Australian. The story takes a radical departure from the usual escape narrative that views the West as the site of queer emancipation. Chandrasekaram's novel, in this manner, daringly looks for alternative spaces for