The Painted Alphabet
A Mythical Story of Bali| By: | Diana Darling |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Print ISBN: | 9789814385008 |
| eText ISBN: | 9789814260671 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1992 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Magic, depravity, spiritual ambition, sensuality, and love — The Painted Alphabet binds mythic and modern time together in a rich, slyly suggestive novel based on an old Balinese poem. In a fresh and startling picture of Bali — where witches coexist with tourists and talking animals — the novel explores a kaleidoscope of vanity, desire, and the longing for goodness. ,