the palace of illusions by chitra banerjee divakaruni pdf

The 'mysterious woman' style of narration is unmistakably Divakaruni's.

'.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.

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 Chitra is an Indian-American author, poet, and Professor of Writing at the University of Houston Creative Writing Program.

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. Chitra Banerjee is the author of the novel The Palace Of Illusions PDF, She was born on July 29 in 1956, and her full name was Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Indian epic The Mahabharata by retelling the. The Palace of Illusions: A Novel is a 2008 novel by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, published by Doubleday. This paper attempts to show how, in her novel The Palace of Illusions, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni revisits the.

The palace of illusions by chitra banerjee divakaruni pdf