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Mansions of the moon / Shyam Selvadurai.

by Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965-

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Knopf Canada, 2022.

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India -- Fiction.

9780735280625 (hc)

408 p. ; 23 cm.

"In this sweeping tale, at once epic and intimate, Shyam Selvadurai introduces us to Siddhartha Gautama -- who will later become 'the enlightened one,' or the Buddha -- an unusually bright and politically astute young man settling into his upper-caste life as a newlywed to Yasodhara, a woman of great intelligence and spirit. Mansions of the Moon traces the couple's early love and life together, and then the anguished turmoil that descends upon them both as Siddhartha's spiritual calling takes over and the marriage partnership slowly, inexorably crumbles. Eventually, Yasodhara is forced to ask what kind of life a woman can lead in ancient India if her husband abandons her -- even a well-born woman such as herself. And is there a path she, too, might take towards enlightenment? Award-winning writer Shyam Selvadurai examines these questions with empathy and insight, creating a vivid portrait of a fascinating time and place, the intricate web of power, family and relationships that surround a singular marriage, and the remarkable woman who until now has remained a little-understood shadow in the historical record. Mansions of the Moon is an immersive, lively and thrilling feat of literary imagination."--Publisher.

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Canadian fiction.

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