The forest of enchantments
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The forest of enchantments
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The work The forest of enchantments represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.
- Label
- 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
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Target audience
- adult
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