The Palace of Illusions - Istana Khayalan by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Her works have been staged as operas and adapted into movies, plays, and dance dramas. Her works have been translated into 30 other languages, including Dutch, Hebrew, Bengali, Hungarian, Turkish, Hindi, and Japanese, and have appeared in over 100 publications and anthologies. She writes both for youngsters and adults. Her most recent book, Independence, tells the story of three sisters as India breaks free from British rule in a war-torn Calcutta. Don’t worry I have more than what you asked for! The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni | Book Review About the Author Source: Telegraph India Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniĬhitra Divakaruni is a published author of 21 books, including Mistress of Spices, Sister of My Heart, Before We Visit the Goddess, Palace of Illusions, The Forest of Enchantments, and The Last Queen. The inner lives of women are the main subject of this book.Įxcited much? I know you must be. The epic Mahabharata has been given new life by Divakaruni, who gave Panchali a voice in “The Palace of Illusions.” The book is unmistakably a feminist work of literature in which myths are revised, rewritten, and retold from a female perspective. It is written from Panchaali’s (Draupadi) point of view, which means we get a feminist point of view in this one. I love reading mythology, and as a result of which, I stumbled upon this book, and I’m so glad I did! This is one of the best versions and interpretations of “The Mahabharata” (after the real one). I would use them over the long years of exile to gain what I wanted, no matter what its price.The Game of Life and How to Play It (Audiobook) When the moment came I couldn't resist it, no more than a dog can resist chewing a bone that, splintering, makes his mouth bleed.Īlready I was storing these lessons inside me. But I, too, was tainted with them, vengeance encoded into my blood. I'd thought myself above the cravings that drove him. All this time I'd thought myself better than my father, better than all those men who inflicted harm on a thousand innocents in order to punish the one man who had wronged them.

He knew he would regret it-in his fierce smile there had already been a glint of pain.īut was a woman's heart any purer, in the end? That was why he incited Dussasan to an action that was against the code of honor by which he lived his life.

That was why he turned on me when I refused to ask for his pity. That was why Karna waited for me to plead with him though he could have stopped my suffering with a single world. “For men, the softer emotions are always intertwined with power and pride.

The Palace of Illusions - Istana Khayalan by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni