The Alchemy of Desire

A young couple from a small town in India, penniless but gloriouly in love, move to the big city, where the man works feverishly on a novel, stopping only to feed his ceaseless desire for his beautiful wife. In time the lovers abandon the city for an old house in the mist-shrouded Himalayas. While renovating their ramshackle new home, the young man unearths a chestfull of diaries written by the previous owner. Thrust into another world and time, he slowly uncovers the dark secrets at the heart of her story. . .

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