Shadows and Elephants - Tapa blanda

Based on the adventures of Madame Helena Blavatsky, the Russian-born seer notorious the world over for her claims to psychic powers, Shadows and Elephants draws us into the world of a free-spirited woman accused of being one of history's most accomplished imposters. Equally fascinating is her partner, a popular journalist based on the Civil War hero Colonel Henry Olcott. Beloved by Manhattan society for mystical gatherings in their exotic parlor, they leave America amidst a storm of controversy, and set out for adventures in the Orient on a quest for the secrets of Eastern wisdom.

Edward Hower has publsihed seven novels, a book of stories, and a volume of folktales he collected on two Fullbright grants to India. He has also received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the N.Y. State Council on the Arts. His writing has appeared in Atlantic Monthly, Smithsonian, The New York Times, Epoch, and elsewhere.