num_pages: 428
description: When travel writer Christopher Stewart arrives at a riverside resort in Kerala, India to meet Koman, Radha's uncle and a famous dancer, he enters a world of masks and repressed emotions. From their first meeting, both Radha and her uncle are drawn to the enigmatic young man with his cello and his incessant questions about the past. The triangle quickly excludes Shyam, Radha's husband, who can only watch helplessly as she embraces Chris with a passion that he has never been able to draw from her. Also playing the role of observer-participant is Koman; his life story, as it unfolds, captures all the nuances and contradictions of the relationships being made—and unmade—in front of his eyes.
language: English
title: Mistress
titlecomplete: Mistress
genres: Asian Literature, Roman, Cultural, Indian Literature, Chick Lit, India, Romance, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Womens
ratings_count: 1559
places: India
awards: awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction Longlist
publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL