The Painted Alphabet: A Mythical Story of BaliMagic, depravity, spiritual ambition, sensuality, and love -- The Painted Alphabet binds mythic and modern time together in a rich, slyly suggestive novel based on an old Balinese poem. In a fresh and startling picture of Bali -- where witches coexist with tourists and talking animals -- the novel explores a kaleidoscope of vanity, desire, and the longing for goodness. , |
Contents
Chapter One | 7 |
Chapter Two | 18 |
Chapter Three | 30 |
Chapter Four | 33 |
Chapter Five | 42 |
Chapter Six | 49 |
Chapter Seven | 66 |
Chapter Eight | 77 |
Chapter Twelve | 116 |
Chapter Thirteen | 122 |
Chapter Fourteen | 131 |
Chapter Fifteen | 138 |
Chapter Sixteen | 149 |
Acknowledgements 1992 edition | 166 |
Notes to 2011 edition | 167 |
About the Author | 169 |
Chapter Nine | 86 |
Chapter Ten | 97 |
Chapter Eleven | 104 |
Also Published ny Editions Didier Millet | 170 |
Back Cover | 177 |
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Common terms and phrases
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