Alice Albinia
Bold and entertaining, ,Leelaâ€™s Book, weaves a tale of contemporary Delhi that crosses religious and social boundaries. Leelaâ€”alluring, taciturn, hauntedâ€”is moving from New York back to Delhi, where her return will unsettle precariously balanced lives. Twenty-five years earlier, her sister was seduced by the egotistical Vyasa. Now an eminent Sanskrit scholar, Vyasa is preparing for his sonâ€™s marriage. But when Leela arrives, she disrupts the careful choreography of the wedding, with its myriad attendees and their conflicting desires.,Gleefully presiding over the drama is Ganeshâ€”divine, Â­elephant-headed scribe of the Mahabharata, Indiaâ€™s great epic. The family may think they have arranged the wedding for their own selfish ends, but according to Ganesh it is he who is directing eventsâ€”in a bid to save Leela, his beloved heroine, from Vyasa.
Fiction,Cultural,India,Contemporary,Adult
Leela's Book