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    Mirror of the Darkest Night (Unabridged)
    Mirror of the Darkest Night (Unabridged)
    Mirror of the Darkest Night (Unabridged)
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    Mirror of the Darkest Night (Unabridged)

    Written by Mahasweta Devi

    Narrated by Manasa Varanasi

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSeagull Audio
    Release dateOct 24, 2022
    ISBN9781803092072
    Mirror of the Darkest Night (Unabridged)

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