FOREST OF ENCHANTMENTS
Language: English Publication details: Haryana Harper Collins 2019Edition: 1Description: 358ISBN:- 9789353573577
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Ernakulam Public Library Fiction | Fiction | F CHI/EN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | E1101930 |
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| F CHI/BL BLUE MOON | F CHI/BO BOOK OF MIRRORS | F CHI/BO BOOK OF MIRRORS | F CHI/EN FOREST OF ENCHANTMENTS | F CHI/HA HARD WAY | F CHI/IN INDEPENDENCE | F CHI/LA LAST QUEEN |
The Ramayana, one of the world's greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In this brilliant retelling, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of the novel: this is Sita's version. The Forest of Enchantments is also a very human story of some of the other women in the epic, often misunderstood and relegated to the margins: Kaikeyi, Surpanakha, Mandodari. A powerful comment on duty, betrayal, infidelity and honour, it is also about women's struggle to retain autonomy in a world that privileges men, as Chitra transforms an ancient story into a gripping, contemporary battle of wills. While the Ramayana resonates even today, she makes it more relevant than ever, in the underlying questions in the novel: How should women be treated by their loved ones? What are their rights in a relationship? When does a woman need to stand up and say, 'Enough!'
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