In the fictional Indian town of Maya, it is easier to get lost than anywhere else in the world. In a place where madmen talk to trees and old women smoke from chillums, a little girl named Aditi sits in her little room, with her crayons sprawled on the dusty floor, creating her first drawing. Soon, a peaceful landscape appears on the page, with a sky overhead that is bright and blue. But as the novel progresses, and Aditi interacts with the "giant spider-web of Maya," she begins to lose things that are close to her heart. At the same time, the landscape in her drawings grows darker and darker, threatening to destroy what was once a perfect innocence.

Unassuming and uncompromising, It 's Raining in Maya reaches out with its poetry, grasping the human condition amidst the surreal, and delivering a rhythmic pulse whose cadence keeps time for the sadness and hope before us.

"Five stars... Part coming-of-age story and part poem, It's Raining in Maya chronicles the tale of a girl moving between the world of her imagination and the reality around her. This book will appeal to readers fond of the lyricism and lessons in such books as The House on Mango Street... The joy of It's Raining in Maya is in its restraint... This is a story in which people believe the lake was formed by the tears of a "heavy cloud that fell in love with a star." In It's Raining in Maya, myth and mysticism dance together to create a world where fantasy becomes reality."

- Lisa Bower, Foreword Clarion Review

"It is a river that runs deep and hence deceptively smooth... It is perforce subtle, intimate, creative, aesthetic. It is felt, not just seen. It is experienced, not just know"

- V. Dwaraknath Reddy, Author of The Physics of Karma and 6 other titles

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