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Three Flames: A Novel

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"Lightmans best book since Einsteins Dreams . . . a piercing story of social dissolution in damaged Cambodia . . . an important story of global womens rights." --Annie Proulx

The stories of one Cambodian family are intricately braided together in Alan Lightmans first work of fiction in seven years.

Three Flames portrays the struggles of a Cambodian farming family against the extreme patriarchal attitudes of their society and a cruel and dictatorial father, set in a rural community that is slowly being exposed to the modern world and its values. Ryna is a mother fighting against memories of her fathers death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge and her powerful desire for revenge. Daughter Nita is married off at sixteen to a wandering husband, while her sister Thida is sent to the city to work in the factories to settle their fathers gambling debt. Kamal, the only son, dreams of marrying the most beautiful girl in the village and escaping the life of a farmer. Yet it will be up to Sreypov, the youngest, to bravely challenge her father and strive for a better future.

Three Flames is a vivid story of one familys yearning for freedom and of a young girls courage to face down tradition.

"Lyrical and poignant, Three Flames weaves the stories of three generations of a poor, Cambodian farming family as they struggle to survive and hold on to their humanity . . . Beautifully written and told with great compassion, Alan Lightmans novel gives readers a family that is rich in stories, history, and heart, proving in the end that love shines even in the midst of great darkness." --Loung Ung, author of First They Killed My Father

Author: Alan Lightman

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 208

Publisher: Counterpoint

Publication Date: 2019-09-03