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Dec 12, 2017 · The Palace of Illusions. by. Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Publication date. 2008-02. Usage. Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0. Topics. Mahabharata.
Feb 12, 2008 · A REIMAGINING OF THE WORLD-FAMOUS INDIAN EPIC, THE MAHABHARAT—TOLD FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN AMAZING WOMAN. Relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical.
Relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half history, half myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the legendary Pandavas brothers in the Mahabharat, the novel gives us a new interpretation of this ancient tale.
- Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Palace of Illusions: A Novel is a 2008 novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, published by Doubleday. The novel is a rendition of the Hindu epic Mahabharata as told from Draupadi's (Panchaali's) viewpoint, namely, that of a woman living in a patriarchal world.
Deeply relevant to today’s war-torn world, The Palace of Illusions, an international bestseller which has been taught at over 100 colleges and universities, takes us back to the time of the Indian epic The Mahabharat —a time that is half-history, half-myth, and wholly magical.
Chitra’s women experience love, loss and longing through tangled marriages, bitter divorces, childbirth, abortion, abuse, violence, racism, poverty and riches. Now, in a daring novel out this month, Banerjee Divakaruni returns to a fantastic world, inhabited by kings, queens, villains and sorcerers.”. — Vogue India.
Dec 9, 2021 · The palace of illusions : a novel. by. Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, 1956-. Publication date. 2008. Topics. India -- History -- To 324 B.C. -- Fiction. Publisher. New York : Doubleday.
Feb 10, 2009 · Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the fire-born heroine of the Mahabharata, as she weaves a vibrant retelling of an ancient epic saga.
Feb 10, 2009 · The Palace of Illusions: A Novel. Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the...
Pan Macmillan, Nov 30, 2010 - Fiction - 384 pages. The Palace of Illusions takes us back to a time that is half-history, half-myth, and wholly magical; narrated by...
