{"product_id":"9780857424396","title":"Mirror of Darkest Night","description":"Author: Mahasweta Devi\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780857424396\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Gazebo Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Apr 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the mid-to-late 1800s and the British have banished Wajid Ali Shah - the nawab of Awadh in Lucknow - to Calcutta. To the sound of the soulful melody of the \u003ci\u003esarangi\u003c\/i\u003e, the mercurial courtesan Laayl-e Aasman is playing a dangerous game of love, loyalty, deception, and betrayal. Bajrangi and Kundan, bound by their love for each other and for Laayl-e, struggle to keep their balance. Ranging across generations and geography, the scale of Laayl-e's story sweeps the devil, a crime lord, and many other remarkable characters into a heady mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMirror of the Darkest Night\u003c\/i\u003e is almost an aberration in Mahasweta Devi's oeuvre. Known for her activism and hard-hitting indictment of social inequalities, she pays close attention to detail in this sparkling novel. It offers a rare glimpse of Devi's talent for telling the sort of story she normally eschewed - and it's a cracker of a tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This is a tale about passion and responsibility brushing against each other. It is about a woman making a long journey-from being a scared young girl named Munni to a much-desired courtesan who can break hearts and cause turmoil-at the risk of being branded a witch. At a broader level, it is about the different ways in which men and women usurp the things they want or need, and about their relationship with power: What does it mean to operate on the outskirts of \"respectable\" society while also grappling with universal human emotions?' -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScroll\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47845874565278,"sku":"ADS-9780857424396","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780857424396.jpg?v=1781223608","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780857424396","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}