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Role
  
Novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Author
  
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Genres
  
Fiction, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni books, India books, Fiction books

Originally published
  
January 1, 2008

Ganesh Sir's Book Review - 'The Palace of Illusions: A Novel' - Part 3


The Palace of Illusions is a 2008 novel by award-winning novelist and poet Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. It was released by Picador.

Contents

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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. As Booklist summarizes the plot, "Smart, resilient, and courageous Panchaali, born of fire, marries all five of the famously heroic Pandava brothers, harbors a secret love, endures a long exile in the wilderness, instigates a catastrophic war, and slowly learns the truth about Krishna, her mysterious friend."

Reviews

  • "...it's really intriguing to find a book that deals differently with Draupadi - not a Manushi article or a Gender Studies tract on 'Mythical Women and Agency', but a proper story, like Vyasa's epic, where Draupadi begins. ... The 'mysterious woman' style of narration is unmistakably Divakaruni's." Renuka Narayanan, Hindustan Times
  • "Is Divakaruni's novel a usefully accessible version of a remote cultural artifact, or a case of forcing a remarkable quart into a conventional pint pot?" Elsbeth Lindner, San Francisco Chronicle
  • Palace of Illusions on Scribbles of Soul
  • Book Review : The Palace of Illusions - July 16, 2015

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