Bøger af David Rocklin

Photography comprises the bright,tensile thread in the sweep of The Luminist,drawing tight a narrative that shifts betweenthe prejudices and passions of VictorianEngland and those of colonial Ceylon. It bindsthe destinies of Catherine Colebrook, theproper wife of a fading diplomat, who rebelsagainst every convention to chase theromance of science through her lens, andEligius, an Indian teenager thrust into servitudeafter his father is killed demandingnative rights.The Luminist is a weave of legend and history,science and art, politics and domesticitythat are symphonic themes in the maintitle, the story of an enduring and forbiddenfriendship. Catherine and Eligius musteach struggle with internal forces that inspirethem and societal pressures that commandthem. Rocklin's is a bold landscape, againstwhich an intimate drama is poignantly playedout. Just in this way, our minds recall inevery detail the photo snapped at the momentof pain, while all the lovely scenes seem torun together.

The Night Language tells the story of a young man, Prince Alamayou of Abyssinia (present day Ethiopia), who is taken from his home and the Abyssinian war to the court of Queen Victoria-a world he knows nothing about.With him is Philip Layard, a young apprentice to one of the doctors on the battlefield in Abyssinia, who becomes Alamayou's guardian, only friend, and eventually, the love of his life. When Parliament accuses Alamayou of murder, the young prince is sentenced to return to Abyssinia where he will be executed.Alamayou's only hope comes from the very thing that cannot be uttered: the unexpected and forbidden love between him and Philip.Inspired by true events, The Night Language is a unique novel of love, loss, and the consequences of repressive societies.