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Path-breaking, poignant, exhilarating ... unputdownable.' -- BUSINESS STANDARD

'Divakaruni's stories are irresistible.' -- THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'Few writers get the setting, characters and story pitch perfect, like Divakaruni does, every single time.' INDIA TODAY

'One of the most strikingly lyrical voices writing about the lives of Indian women.' -- AMITAV GHOSH

The Ramayana, one of the world's greatest epics, is also a tragic love story. In The Forest of Enchantments, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni places Sita at the centre of the novel: this is Sita's version. A powerful comment on duty, betrayal, infidelity and honour, it is also about women's struggle to retain autonomy in a world that privileges men, as Chitra transforms an ancient story into a gripping, contemporary battle of wills. How should women be treated by their loved ones? What are their rights in a relationship? When does a woman need to stand up and say, 'Enough!'