Christine Mangala (International) assertion Christine Mangala i(A29045 works by) (a.k.a. Christine Mangala Frost; Christine Frost)
Born: Established: 1945 Tamil Nadu,
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India,
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South Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Gender: Female
Visitor assertion Arrived in Australia: 1977 Departed from Australia: 1997
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1 y separately published work icon Looking for a Kingdom Christine Mangala , Cambridge : Aquila Books , 2014 10968238 2014 single work novel

'In LOOKING FOR A KINGDOM, Christine Mangala presents a galaxy of characters, Indian and Australian, in a masterpiece of wit and intelligence, romance and horror. Krishna Deva Raja, disillusioned with being a mere ‘Mr Maharajah’ in modern India, hits rock bottom when an Australian business-delegation visits him, seeking his help to manufacture condoms. An unexpected bequest to his niece of a vast property in Australia ignites his nostalgic dreams; so he sets sail with his niece and princely entourage, to re-found his defunct kingdom on the banks of the Clarence River, Northern New South Wales. In Sydney, they recruit Ziggy Martin, a war-worn photojournalist who is tormented by a psychic power known among aboriginals as the ‘strong-eye’. Ziggy, pursued by his ex-girlfriend, romances the Princess. With a galaxy of characters of every class and hue – white, brown, aboriginal and ethnic – their individual dreams tangled up with the fate of the princely state, the story moves towards the ‘Coronation’ held in a stately home in the Australian bush. All seems to go well until a dead body is found whilst the Maharajah’s ‘Pan-Princes Conference’ is in progress . . . Looking for a Kingdom is a racy tale of romance, adventure, idealism, murder and mystery where elegant India meets vibrant Australia, its people and landscape, and celebrates the richness of both.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 1 y separately published work icon Transcendental Pastimes Christine Mangala , Enmore : Aquila Books , 1999 Z796360 1999 single work novel

Transcendental Pastimes 'brings a western film crew to Hemagiri, a dusty mining town perched on granite hills and surrounded by the jungle of the deep South of Tamil Nadu. They are a colourful bunch - the cramped English Director, Jonathan Bexley, fleeing a failed marriage; uptight Carol, his feminist assistant; Gino, a macho Italo-Australian; Terry, his Irish mate; and Brian, the sensitive, withdrawn New Age asthmatic - but they find themselves disturbed and challenged by their encounter with the dangerous, mystifying and bizarre beauty of South India.

'Bexley's crew have come to make a documentary on the renowned Guru Chinnaswami, who claims to remember his past lives and talks of God as the "Cosmic Magician". But as they journey with the Guru into a world of strange happenings and mystical revelations, they become more and more entangled in the lives and troubles of the Hemagiri people, their sufferings and their romances. It is a path that brings satisfaction to some but which eventually leads both the Guru and his Western guests to confront the sinister face of modern-day terrorism in the lead-up to the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 y separately published work icon From Hindu Gods to Jesus Christ Christine Mangala , Adelaide : Festival of Light , 1996 Z1391805 1996 single work autobiography
1 "Fleshing the Bones" : Conducting Inter-Faith Dialogue in Fiction Christine Mangala , 1996 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Literature and Theology , vol. 10 no. 3 1996; (p. 216-223)
Presents the argument that discursive writing cannot handle the dimensions of living faith. "The scholar can present the bare bones, it is the privilege of the novelist to flesh out the bones and sensitise the reader...."
1 1 y separately published work icon The Firewalkers Christine Mangala , Cambridge Strathfield : Aquila Books , 1991 Z53174 1991 single work novel
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