{"product_id":"mirror-of-the-darkest-night-mahasweta-devi-9780857424396","title":"Mirror of the Darkest Night","description":"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 \u003ci\u003esarangi\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMirror of the Darkest Night\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mahasweta Devi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0857424394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780857424396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Mahasweta Devi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44076234637567,"sku":"9780857424396","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6c2d7a1-71bb-42cb-be47-29f3ca20aedc.jpg?v=1685463891","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mirror-of-the-darkest-night-mahasweta-devi-9780857424396","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}