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- ISBN 9781910312315
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 11 Jul 2019
- Publisher: Influx Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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"We architects must be idealists. We construct not just individual buildings, but whole cities. We plan cities, and in doing so, change lives."
Plastic Emotions is a novel based on the true life story of Minnette de Silva -forgotten feminist icon and the first female Sri Lankan architect. In a gripping, elegant and lyrical story, Shiromi Pinto paints a complex picture of de Silva, charting her affair with infamous Swiss modernist Le Corbusier and her efforts to build a post-independence Sri Lanka that is heading towards political and religious turmoil.
Moving between London, Chandigarh, Colombo, Paris and Kandy, at a time of communal violence in Sri Lanka, the rise of the civil war, and troubles with building a brand new city in north India, Plastic Emotions explores the life of a young, trailblazing south Asian woman at a time of great political turbulence across the globe.
Shiromi Pinto's debut, Trussed, was published by Serpent's Tail in 2006. She has written short stories for BBC Radio 4, the Victoria & Albert Museum and opendemocracy.net. Born in London and raised in Montreal, she works full-time at Amnesty International in London.
