The Luminist

by David Rocklin and Jacquelyn Mitchard

IN COLONIAL INDIA, at a time of growing friction between the ruling British and the restless Indian populace, a Victorian woman and her young Tamil Indian servant defy convention, class, and heartbreak to investigate what is gained - and lost - by holding life still. Suggested by the life and work of photographic pioneer Julia Margaret Cameron, The Luminist filters 19th century Ceylon through the lens of an English woman, Catherine Colebrook and a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979018870
• ISBN13: 9780979018879
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: Hawthorne Books
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 9.0"