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W. W. Norton & Company
January 2012
On Sale: January 9, 2012
400 pages
ISBN: 0393082709
EAN: 9780393082708
Kindle: B005LW5JH6
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With a nod to the Indian masterpiece the Mahabharata, a
multithraded, raucous epic about family and faith. Bold and entertaining, Leelas Book weaves a tale of
contemporary Delhi that crosses religious and social
boundaries. Leela-alluring, taciturn, haunted-is moving from
New York back to Delhi, where her return will unsettle
precariously balanced lives. Twenty-five years earlier, her
sister was seduced by the egotistical Vyasa. Now an eminent
Sanskrit scholar, Vyasa is preparing for his sons marriage.
But when Leela arrives, she disrupts the careful
choreography of the wedding, with its myriad attendees and
their conflicting desires. Gleefully presiding over the drama is Ganesh-divine,
elephant-headed scribe of the Mahabharata, Indias great
epic. The family may think they have arranged the wedding
for their own selfish ends, but according to Ganesh it is he
who is directing events-in a bid to save Leela, his beloved
heroine, from Vyasa.
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