![]() ![]() I would use them over the long years of exile to gain what I wanted, no matter what its price. When the moment came I couldn't resist it, no more than a dog can resist chewing a bone that, splintering, makes his mouth bleed.Īlready I was storing these lessons inside me. The Palace of Illusions: A Novel Paperback Februby Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Author) 8,681 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 5.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 20.89 3 Used from 16.06 55 New from 16.00 1 Collectible from 99. But I, too, was tainted with them, vengeance encoded into my blood. ![]() ![]() ![]() I'd thought myself above the cravings that drove him. All this time I'd thought myself better than my father, better than all those men who inflicted harm on a thousand innocents in order to punish the one man who had wronged them. He knew he would regret it-in his fierce smile there had already been a glint of pain.īut was a woman's heart any purer, in the end? That was why he incited Dussasan to an action that was against the code of honor by which he lived his life. That was why he turned on me when I refused to ask for his pity. Married to five royal husbands who have been. That was why Karna waited for me to plead with him though he could have stopped my suffering with a single world. Taking us back to a time that is half history, half myth and wholly magical, bestselling author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni gives voice to Panchaali, the fire-born heroine of the Mahabharata, as she weaves a vibrant retelling of an ancient epic saga. “For men, the softer emotions are always intertwined with power and pride. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |