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April Books
May. 4th, 2008 05:00 pmOh, avoidance. ( see what it brings me )
And finally, so good I'm putting it outside the lj-cut
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. I know next to nothing about indian mythology or religion, or even what noun to use in that sentence. The dust cover tells me this was based on the famous indian epic the Mahabharat. I loved it, a lot. I loved the characters, the prose, the immersion into the world. I cried at the end. It was like getting to read Mistress of the Spices again for the first time, but possibly even better. It tempted me to try to read Callasso's Ka again, but I think that might be foolish.
And finally, so good I'm putting it outside the lj-cut
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. I know next to nothing about indian mythology or religion, or even what noun to use in that sentence. The dust cover tells me this was based on the famous indian epic the Mahabharat. I loved it, a lot. I loved the characters, the prose, the immersion into the world. I cried at the end. It was like getting to read Mistress of the Spices again for the first time, but possibly even better. It tempted me to try to read Callasso's Ka again, but I think that might be foolish.
