It'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 sarangi, 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.Mirror of the Darkest Night 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.
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