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LEADER: 02631cam a22003973a 4500
001 2004117239
003 DLC
005 20081015065635.0
008 041201s2005 onc j 000 f eng
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050 00 $aMLCS 2006/43891 (P)
055 02 $aPS8587*
055 3 $aPS8587 E445$bS95 2005
055 00 $aPS8587 E445$bS95 2005
082 04 $ajC813/.54$222
100 1 $aSelvadurai, Shyam,$d1965-
245 10 $aSwimming in the monsoon sea /$cShyam Selvadurai.
260 $aToronto :$bTundra Books,$cc2005.
300 $a274 p. ;$c20 cm.
520 $aAlthough life for Amrith in 1980 Sri Lanka seems rather uneventful and orderly, things change in a hurry when his male cousin arrives from Canada and Amrith finds himself completely enamored with his new visitor. The setting is Sri Lanka, 1980, and it is the season of monsoons. Fourteen-year-old Amrith is caught up in the life of the cheerful, well-to-do household in which he is being raised by his vibrant Auntie Bundle and kindly Uncle Lucky. He tries not to think of his life before, when his doting mother was still alive. Amrith's holiday plans seem unpromising: he wants to appear in his school's production of Othello and he is learning to type at Uncle Lucky's tropical fish business. Then, like an unexpected monsoon, his cousin arrives from Canada and Amrith's ordered life is storm-tossed. He finds himself falling in love with the Canadian boy. Othello, with its powerful theme of disastrous jealousy, is the backdrop to the drama in which Amrith finds himself immersed. Shyam Selvadurai's brilliant novels, Funny Boy and Cinnamon Gardens, have garnered him international acclaim. In this, his first young adult novel, he explores first love with clarity, humor, and compassion.
650 0 $aFirst loves$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 $aCousins$vJuvenile fiction.
650 0 $aJealousy$vJuvenile fiction.
651 0 $aSri Lanka$vJuvenile fiction.
650 6 $aPremier amour$vRomans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
650 6 $aCousins$vRomans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
650 6 $aJalousie$vRomans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
651 6 $aSri Lanka$vRomans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2004117239-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2004117239-d.html