Plastic Emotions

Plastic Emotions is a novel based on the true life story of Minnette de Silva - forgotten feminist icon and the first female Sri Lankan architect. Pinto paints a complex picture of de Silva, charting her affair with Swiss modernist Le Corbusier and her efforts to build a post-independent Sri Lanka heading for political and religious turmoil. Plastic Emotions is a novel based on the true life story of Minnette de Silva, the first female Sri Lankan architect. In a gripping and lyrical novel, Shiromi Pinto charts Minnette''s affair with famed modernist Le Corbusier and her efforts to build a postindependence Sri Lanka. Set in London, Chandigarth, Colombo, Paris and Kandy, Plastic Emotions explores the life of a young, trailblazing south Asian woman at a time of great political turbulence across the globe. From communal violence in Sri Lanka, forewarning the rise of the civil war, to troubles with building a brand new city in north India, de Silva''s life is pinned to several key moments in subcontinental history.

• | Author: Shiromi Pinto
• | Publisher: Influx Press
• | Publication Date: Jul 11, 2019
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781910312315
• | ISBN-10: 1910312312