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100			_aPinto, Shiromi
245			_aPlastic emotions
260			_bPenguin Random House _c2019 _aGurgaon
300			_a423 p. _c21 cm.
365			_b499.00 _cINR _d00
520			_aPlastic Emotions is a novel based on the true life story of Minnette de Silva -forgotten feminist icon and the first female Sri Lankan architect. In a gripping, elegant and lyrical story, Shiromi Pinto paints a complex picture of de Silva, charting her affair with infamous Swiss modernist Le Corbusier and her efforts to build a post-independence Sri Lanka that is heading towards political and religious turmoil. Moving between London, Chandigarh, Colombo, Paris and Kandy, at a time of communal violence in Sri Lanka, the rise of the civil war, and troubles with building a brand new city in north India, Plastic Emotions explores the life of a young, trailblazing south Asian woman at a time of great political turbulence across the globe.
650			_aDe Silva, Minnette - Fiction
650			_aWomen architects - Sri Lanka - Biography
650			_aArchitecture - Sri Lanka - 20th century
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