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The Forest of Enchantments
Paperback
by Banerjee Divakaruni, Chitra
- Publisher : HarperCollins India (2021), Edition: 1, 372 pages
- Language : English
- Paperback :
- ISBN-10 : ?9353573572
- ISBN-13 : 9789353573577
- Weight : 0.5
- Dimensions : 22.23x0x14.61 cm
The Forest of Enchantments by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2021)
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Average Rating:
4.2 rating based on 19,140 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 9353573572
ISBN-13: 9789353573577
Goodreads: 48548090
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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!’
4.2 rating based on 19,140 ratings (all editions)
ISBN-10: 9353573572
ISBN-13: 9789353573577
Goodreads: 48548090
Author(s):
Published: //
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!’
