Tiger Hills
Man Asian Literary Prize, 2010
A sweeping saga of a forbidden love that lasts for generations
‘A MUST READ’ INDEPENDENT
Devi is a young girl living with on a coffee plantation in Coorg, India, at the end of the 19th century. Her best friend is Devanna, a boy whose mother has died in tragic circumstances. Over the years, Devi and Devanna become inseparable.
However things change when Devi meets Muthi, a young man who has killed a tiger and is feted as the local hero. Although she is still a child and Muthi is a man, Devi vows that one day she will marry him. It is this love that will gradually drive a wedge between her and her friend Devanna, who has been taken under the wing of a local missionary. Devi is left with heartbreaking choices that will have lastng consequences for generations to come…
‘An epic and extraordinary debut from an astonishing new talent’ DAILY EXPRESS
‘An exotic, beguiling page-turner’ WOMAN & HOME
‘A MUST READ’ INDEPENDENT
Devi is a young girl living with on a coffee plantation in Coorg, India, at the end of the 19th century. Her best friend is Devanna, a boy whose mother has died in tragic circumstances. Over the years, Devi and Devanna become inseparable.
However things change when Devi meets Muthi, a young man who has killed a tiger and is feted as the local hero. Although she is still a child and Muthi is a man, Devi vows that one day she will marry him. It is this love that will gradually drive a wedge between her and her friend Devanna, who has been taken under the wing of a local missionary. Devi is left with heartbreaking choices that will have lastng consequences for generations to come…
‘An epic and extraordinary debut from an astonishing new talent’ DAILY EXPRESS
‘An exotic, beguiling page-turner’ WOMAN & HOME
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Reviews
Lavish...Sarita Mandanna's fusion of history and romance makes for an aromatic blend.
More than alove story, Tiger Hills explores the hazardous side of passion and the shackling grip of memory once love has been thwarted.
An epic, exotic love story...It is a blockbuster debut from Sarita Mandanna that will be in many beach bags this summer.
Mandanna fuses history and romance to tell a vivid story, painting pictures that reverberate in the mind.
An epic love story from start to finish
Sweet novel about a secret love.
Tragic in parts but ultimately a beautifully written saga, this is the emergence of a major new talent
'An epic and extraordinary debut from an astonishing talent.'