The Resource The forest of enchantments, Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni
The forest of enchantments, Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni
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- Summary
- "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!'"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9789353025991
- Label
- The forest of enchantments
- Title
- The forest of enchantments
- Statement of responsibility
- Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni
- Subject
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- FICTION / Asian American
- Fiction
- Hindu stories
- India
- Love -- Religious aspects | Hinduism
- Love -- Religious aspects | Hinduism -- Fiction
- Mythological fiction
- Religious fiction
- Rāmāyaṇa (Vālmīki)
- Adaptations
- Sita, (Hindu deity) -- Fiction
- Vālmīki -- Adaptations | Fiction
- Women
- Women -- India -- Fiction
- Sita, (Hindu deity)
- Adaptations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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!'"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- KNJ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1956-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vālmīki
- Sita
- Sita
- Women
- Love
- Hindu stories
- FICTION / Asian American
- Love
- Women
- India
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The forest of enchantments, Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1089833487
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9789353025991
- Lccn
- 2019328147
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089833487
- Label
- The forest of enchantments, Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1089833487
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- x, 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9789353025991
- Lccn
- 2019328147
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1089833487
Subject
- FICTION / Asian American
- Fiction
- Hindu stories
- India
- Love -- Religious aspects | Hinduism
- Love -- Religious aspects | Hinduism -- Fiction
- Mythological fiction
- Religious fiction
- Rāmāyaṇa (Vālmīki)
- Adaptations
- Sita, (Hindu deity) -- Fiction
- Vālmīki -- Adaptations | Fiction
- Women
- Women -- India -- Fiction
- Sita, (Hindu deity)
- Adaptations
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