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01990aam a2200301Ii 4500 001 A710294EF24811EE8A4A406D47ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240404010030 008 210820s2019 enk e 000 1 eng d 010 $a jb2021062908 020 $a 9353573572 (paperback) 020 $a 9789353573577 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)1267767604 040 $d SILO 100 1 $a Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee, $d 1956- $e author. 245 14 $a The forest of enchantments / $c Chitra Lekha Banerjee Divakaruni. 264 1 $a Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India : $b HarperCollinsPublishers India, $c 2019. 300 $a x, 361 pages ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a 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! 600 00 $a Sita $c (Hindu deity) $v Fiction. 600 00 $a VaÌlmiÌki. $t RaÌmaÌyanÌ£a $v Adaptations. 630 07 $a RaÌmaÌyanÌ£a (VaÌlmiÌki) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01356702 650 0 $a Women $z India $x Conduct of life $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Love $x Hinduism $x Hinduism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Man-woman relationships $z India $v Fiction. 941 $a 1 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20240404010420.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A710294EF24811EE8A4A406D47ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search