{"product_id":"the-illuminated-hardback","title":"The Illuminated - Hardback","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen the light shifts, you see the world differently.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA superbly nuanced work of fiction, Anindita Ghose's first novel\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Illuminated\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003erevolves around two women: Shashi and Tara. After the sudden death of her celebrated husband, Shashi is alarmed to realize that overnight, she has lost her life's moorings. Meanwhile, their fiercely independent daughter Tara, a Sanskrit scholar, has been drawn into a passionate involvement with an older man, which threatens to consume her in ways she did not imagine possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAmidst a rising tide of religious fundamentalism in India that is determined to put women in their place, Shashi and Tara attempt to look at themselves, and at each other, in a new light. But is it possible to emerge from an eclipse unscathed?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn astonishing feat of the imagination,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Illuminated\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis as sophisticated in the quality of its prose as it is provocative in its thematic focus on questions of identity. A remarkable novel of ideas, it marks the arrival of a tremendous new literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39427443294274,"sku":"","price":599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0263\/4884\/7170\/products\/384_52c2cc28-4693-4637-9bbc-9902bbae943a.jpg?v=1627287462","url":"https:\/\/koolskoolbookstore.com\/products\/the-illuminated-hardback","provider":"KoolSkool The Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}