After Love

Vasu, a young Indian student of architecture, arrives in Moscow in the late 1960s. He falls in love with Anna, an archaeologist and an accomplished cellist, yet his romanticism about the Soviet Union clashes with her experience. He goes back to India to design a village for a co-operative of coffee farmers, but he cannot forget Anna and on his return they marry. Anna wants to leave Moscow but isnt keen to go to India. They decide to go to Venice where Vasu has been offered a teaching position. In Italy their life unravels when Anna mysteriously disappears without a trace. Years later, Vasu discovers a painful but wonderful truth. A beautifully written story full of music and emotions that moves with ease across continents, After Love is destined to touch the hearts of readers everywhere.

About the Author

Subhash Jaireth was born in Khanna, a small town in the Punjab. He speaks and publishes in three languages: Hindi, Russian and English. He has lectured in Geology at the University of Roorkee, India, and in Australia has worked as a research fellow in Geology at James Cook University, Townsville from 1988. With the assistance of Elizabeth Perkins, Subhash has translated some of his Hindi poems into English. He has also undertaken doctoral studies in Australian Literature at the Australian National University.

Subhash is a poet with two published works: his first book, Before the Bullet Hit Me, is a collection of poems in Hindi which was published by Vani Prakashan in Delhi in 1994; his second book is Unfinished Poems for Your Violin which was published in 1996 by Penguin. The book is a threesome volume with a title "Conversations of Love" (with two other poets, Meredith Wattison and Gillian Hanscombe). Subhash has also written several critical articles addressing race and representation. He is based in Canberra, ACT.