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Queen`s Play, The (Paperback)
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Queen`s Play, The (Paperback)
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In the second age of the world, a time of prehistory, a time of
myth, Mandodari, queen of the demon king Ravana, invents chess to
carve out a role for herself in a world where male, martial virtues
are paramount. As a chess player, she can play at warfare; as
queen, she can be the most potent warrior on the battlefield. The
Queen's Play attempts to write the origin of chess into the
narrative cycles of the Ramayana, one of the two formative epics of
ancient India.The cursory mention of a chess-like game in the
Ramayana lore offers interesting parallels and openings between the
game and the themes of the epic poem. At the centre of it is a
queen, first entering and then growing from strength to strength to
become the most powerful piece on the board, inventing a game which
closely parallels the epic battle taking place not far from the
royal palace, a battle which she is not permitted to join, a battle
where she will lose her king. Foregrounding certain episodes from
the vast tapestry of the epic, the novel develops new narrative
variations that feed back into the classical text with freshly
imagined material.
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Imprint: |
John Hunt Publishing
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
February 2015 |
Authors: |
Aashish Kaul
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Dimensions: |
210 x 142 x 9mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
142 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78279-861-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-78279-861-7 |
Barcode: |
9781782798613 |
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