The Lotus Eaters (novel)

The Lotus Eaters
Author Tatjana Soli
Publisher St. Martin's Press
Publication date
2010
Pages 389
ISBN ISBN 978-0-312-61157-6
OCLC 456171361

The Lotus Eaters (2010) is an award-winning novel by Tatjana Soli.[1][2][3][4] It tells the story of an American woman, Helen Adams, who goes to Vietnam to cover the war as a combat photojournalist and love triangle with two men. It was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction.[5]

Plot

The novel tells the story of a love triangle between three people during the Vietnam War in 1967 to 1976 about love, obsession and betrayal. Helen Adams's brother served as a combat photographer in Vietnam. After his death, she decided to followed her brother's footsteps despite her mother's protests. After she came to Vietnam, Helen met her mentor Samuel Andre Darrow who is famous prize-winning photographer in the war and she began to have feelings for him but was smooted by Sam's Vietnamese assistant Linh who was an ex-soldier and playwright whose tragic past includes losing his family by war. Helen and Linh are closer and Sam become Linh's love rival. Both Linh and Helen struggled for two counties and trials they faced include Sam's death

Characters

References

  1. Maslin, Janet (March 29, 2010). "Learning About War Through a Camera Lens". The New York Times.
  2. Hamilton, Masha (April 3, 2010). "Book review: "The Lotus Eaters," by Tatjana Soli". The Washington Post.
  3. Trussoni, Danielle (April 4, 2010). "The Vietnam Wars: ‘The Lotus Eaters'". The New York Times.
  4. Ciuraru, Carmela (March 30, 2010). "A woman in a war, amid the damage". The Boston Globe.
  5. "Dazzling tale of Ms Saigon takes top award". The Scotsman. August 20, 2011.

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