Name: Memory of Light (Hardcover) – by Ruth Vanita
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Viking (6 July 2020)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0670093513
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0670093519
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 544 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 2.29 x 20.32 cm
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India

Preparations for King George the Third's fiftieth birthday gala are in full swing in Lucknow. As poets and performers vie to be part of the show, Chapla Bai, a dazzling courtesan from Kashi, briefly enters this competitive world, and sweeps the poet Nafis Bai off her feet. An irresistible passion takes root, expanding and contracting like a wave of light. Over two summers, aided by Nafis's friends, the poets Insha and Rangin, and Sharad, himself in love with a man, they exchange letters and verses, feeding each other the heady fruit of desire. When Chapla leaves for home, they part with the dream of building a life together. Can their relationship survive the distances?Narrated in the voice of Nafis, Memory of Light weaves an exquisite web of conversations, songs, reminiscences around a life-changing love.