{"product_id":"9781910312315","title":"Plastic Emotions","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Pinto, Shiromi\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 11 July 2019 by Influx Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | \u003cbr\u003e130 x 196 x 33 | 374g\u003cp\u003e'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pinto, Shiromi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42538261545144,"sku":"9781910312315","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781910312315.jpg?v=1734729874","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781910312315","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}