The launch of Anuradha Kumar's The Dollmakers' Island, which is the newest release from Gyaana Books, will happen on June 26 at the Akshara Theater at New Delhi, India.About the book
Do the elusive dollmakers, on a strange island forever adrift, really exist? What makes the new government and countless others suspicious of them? Are they simply waiting to return and claim their home once again?
Ronen Ghito would give his left hand to find out. But he needs Leela's help. And Leela is too preoccupied, sitting under the watchful eyes of a cagey government, waiting for her Shyam to turn up on this very mysterious isle that exists on no map.
When Leela does decide to cooperate with the government, she does it through irregular long missives and emails, now that her voice is mysteriously lost too, revealing in bits and pieces lost myths and disquieting tales about the dollmakers from the time of the Mughal emperors to the present.
Alice-like in its feel and treatment, The Dollmakers' Island is an interesting perspective on the socio-political scenario in India through the ages. The narrative flows across time and space, breaking all barriers. The book is tongue-in-cheek, persistent, and fun to read.
About the author
Anuradha Kumar has already published young adult books with Penguin and Hachette India. Her earlier adult novel, Letters for Paul, was published by Mapin in 2006. She was also one of the winners of the Commonwealth short story writing competition in 2004, and was shortlisted for The Little Magazine New Writing Awards 2006.
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