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Mirror of Darkest Night
Mahasweta Devi
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Description for Mirror of Darkest Night
Hardback. Translator(s): Dasgupta, Shamya. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
It's the mid-to-late 1800s and the British have banished Wajid Ali Shah the nawab of Awadh in Lucknow to Calcutta. To the sound of the soulful melody of the sarangi, the mercurial courtesan Laayl-e Aasman is playing a dangerous game of love, loyalty, deception, and betrayal. Bajrangi and Kundan, bound by their love for each other and for Laayl-e, struggle to keep their balance. Ranging across generations and geography, the scale of Laayl-e's story sweeps the devil, a crime lord, and many other remarkable characters into a heady mix.Mirror of the Darkest Night is almost an aberration in Mahasweta Devi's ... Read more
It's the mid-to-late 1800s and the British have banished Wajid Ali Shah the nawab of Awadh in Lucknow to Calcutta. To the sound of the soulful melody of the sarangi, the mercurial courtesan Laayl-e Aasman is playing a dangerous game of love, loyalty, deception, and betrayal. Bajrangi and Kundan, bound by their love for each other and for Laayl-e, struggle to keep their balance. Ranging across generations and geography, the scale of Laayl-e's story sweeps the devil, a crime lord, and many other remarkable characters into a heady mix.Mirror of the Darkest Night is almost an aberration in Mahasweta Devi's ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
Greenford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857424396
SKU
V9780857424396
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About Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi (1926 2016) was a writer and social activist. She is the author of numerous plays, essays, novels, and short stories. Shamya Dasgupta is a sports journalist and senior editor at Wisden India. He is the author of two books, Bhiwani Junction: The Untold Story of Boxing in India and Cricket Changed My Life: Stories of Hope and Despair ... Read more
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