Time travel with fairies and dollmakers
In "The Stone Raft", Portuguese author Jose Saramago writes about the Iberian peninsula breaking off from the European continent and going adrift on the Atlantic. The promise of a similar, albeit Indian, setting is what drew me to Anuradha Kumar's novel. Hardly a few pages into the story, "The Dollmakers' Island" turns out to be quite a different kettle of fish with its own quirky charms.Kumar's novel is layered history, close to the surrealist tradition, delicately spun with the gossamer threads of a Rapunzel like fairy tale romance that spans centuries ... Continue reading
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