Chandani Lokuge
Gillian Dooley reviews 'Softly, As I Leave You' by Chandani Lokugé
Gillian Dooley
Friday, 20 January 2012
A treacherous beauty pervades Chandani Lokugé’s third novel, a tragic story of loss and squandered love. Chris Foscari, owner of a rarefied specialist bookshop in Melbourne and son of an Italian father and an Australian mother, is married to the outrageously beautiful Sri Lankan Uma, whom he met when she was studying in Melbourne. They have a teenage son, Arjuna, who is also blessed with unusual grace, at least in his mother’s eyes:
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February 2012, no. 338