AMBER DUSK smells of Calcutta streets and resonates with the seductive tunes of Parisian nights. Robot oracles, the enigmatic photographer Valence Jourdain, a shadowy Blue Princess, Indian tribesmen and the mystical Lake Malaren colour this fascinating narrative, creating an edgy reality. The novel presents a rich tapestry of ideas weaving together Calcutta and Paris and the lives and passions of the unforgettable individuals that walk their streets. Here is a delicately crafted story about love, loathing and beatitude and the quest for peace in a time of intolerance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rajat Chaudhuri
Rajat Chaudhuri has written fiction, book reviews, travel and activist pieces in major Indian dailies like The Statesman, The Telegraph and Times of India. His short story Water-smoke, about the effects of genetically modified marijuana on the intellect, won a prize in the Scian Short Story Competition 2006. Chaudhuri is founder of the civil-society group, Southern Initiatives. He has been a contributor to the UNDP Human Development Report. In the past, he has worked for a consumer rights group, a Japanese Mission and had been an elected NGO representative at the United Nations, New York. He lives and writes in Calcutta.
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