{"product_id":"memory-of-light-9780670093519","title":"Memory of Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ruth Vanita\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: India Viking\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: India Viking\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreparations 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNarrated in the voice of Nafis, \u003ci\u003eMemory of Light\u003c\/i\u003e weaves an exquisite web of conversations, songs, reminiscences around a life-changing love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"India Viking","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45085161881751,"sku":"9780670093519","price":455.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780670093519.webp?v=1769201754","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/memory-of-light-9780670093519","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}