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A Dark Tale From Cottonwood Grove

Mahfud Ikhwan

Cursed Love Story

Village Life Struggles

Literary Frame Narrative

Unreliable Narrator

Cultural Animosity Themes

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Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages

200

Age Group

All

Language

English

Book Summary

Cursed With A Cleft Lip And A Disreputable Father, Mat Has Been An Outcast Since Birth In Cottonwood Grove, His Village In Indonesia. Never Having Known Love Or Kindness, He Grows Up To Be A Violent And Aggressive Man, Ever Ready To Kill Anyone Who Annoys Him. Inayatun Is The Village Beauty, Surrounded By Admirers, And Flagrantly Promiscuous. Miraculously, When This Unlikely Couple Meets, They Find True Love And Happiness In Each Other. But The Past Won’T Let Them Be. There Are Too Many In The Village Who Have Scores To Settle With Mat, And Who Lust After Inayatun. A Plot Is Hatched Which Leaves Inayatun And Her Unborn Baby Dead. Mat Is Accused Of The Murders But Is Saved From The Gallows By The Testimony Of His Grandfather, Who Mysteriously Reappears After 15 Years. But The People Of Cottonwood Grove Take The Law Into Their Own Hands. A Vigilante Mob Attacks Him And Leaves Him For Dead.

Product Details

Author

Mahfud Ikhwan

Publisher

Harper Collins

Number of Pages

200

Language

English

SKU

BK0515223

ISBN

9789354477614

Reading Age

All

Dimensions

21.6 x 14 x 2 cm

Binding

Paperback