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Title Statement | Mansions of the moon / Shyam Selvadurai. |
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Author | Selvadurai, Shyam, 1965- |
Publication | ©2022[Toronto, Ontario]: Alfred A. Knopf Canada,[2022] |
Extent of Item | 408 pages |
ISBN | 9780735280625 0735280622 |
Other Number | 4324788 |
Summary | In this sweeping story, at once epic and startlingly intimate, Shyam Selvadurai introduces us to Siddhartha Gautama, otherwise known as the Buddha, a promising and politically astute young man settling into his life as a newlywed to Yasodhara, a young woman of great intelligence and spirit. The novel traces their early life together, and then the unthinkable turmoil as Siddhartha's spiritual calling takes over and their partnership slowly, inexorably crumbles. How does a woman live in ancient India if her husband abandons her? Even a well-born woman with a revered husband? And what path might she take towards enlightenment herself? |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Enlightenment (Buddhism)--Fiction |
Marriage--Fiction--India | |
By Name | Gautama Buddha |
By Location | India--Fiction--History--To 324 B.C |
By Genre | Historical fiction |