Title: The Palace of Illusions: A Novel
Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (follow her at Twitter!)
Year: 2008
Comments: This is a brilliant retelling of the whole Mahabharata story by Draupadi herself, the wife of the five Pandava brothers — and, as this book asks, what if Draupadi loved Karna too...? From this beautiful book you will get new perspectives on Draupadi, Karna, and also on Krishna, with whom Draupadi, also known as Krishnā, has an abiding friendship. Bhishma and Shikhandin are also very powerful characters in this version of the story.
Bizzell Stacks: In addition, there is a copy available at Bizzell: PS 3554 .I86 P35 2009.
ABE used books. There are used copies at ABE Books for $8 including shipping (checked price September 2020).
Kindle: You can buy your own Kindle copy from Amazon for $12.99 (checked price September 2020); more about Kindles.
Audible: You can buy an audiobook version of this book from Audible for $14.95 (checked price September 2020).
Length: four weeks. I've divided the reading into eight parts: Part A - Part B (one week of reading), Part C - Part D (another week of reading), Part E - Part F (a third week), and Part G - Part H (final week of reading).
(first week)
Reading A
1 Fire
2 Blue
3 Milk
4 Cosmology
5 Smoke
Reading B
6 Incarnations
7 Fish
8 Sorceress
9 Portrait
10 Births
11 Scorpion
12 Song
(second week)
Reading C
13 Scar
14 Brinjal
15 Lac
16 Boon
17 Grandfather
18 River
Reading D
19 Palace
20 Wives
21 Afterlife
22 Discus
23 Lake
(third week)
Reading E
24 Games
25 Sari
26 Rice
27 Tales
28 Lotus
29 Visitations
Reading F
30 Disguise
31 Preparation
32 Field
33 Sight
(fourth week)
Reading G
34 Secrets
35 Avanlanche
36 Wheel
37 Owl
38 Pyre
Reading H
39 Ash
40 Snake
41 Reed
42 Snow
43 Fire
Kindle: You can buy your own Kindle copy from Amazon for $12.99 (checked price September 2020); more about Kindles.
Audible: You can buy an audiobook version of this book from Audible for $14.95 (checked price September 2020).
Length: four weeks. I've divided the reading into eight parts: Part A - Part B (one week of reading), Part C - Part D (another week of reading), Part E - Part F (a third week), and Part G - Part H (final week of reading).
(first week)
Reading A
1 Fire
2 Blue
3 Milk
4 Cosmology
5 Smoke
Reading B
6 Incarnations
7 Fish
8 Sorceress
9 Portrait
10 Births
11 Scorpion
12 Song
(second week)
Reading C
13 Scar
14 Brinjal
15 Lac
16 Boon
17 Grandfather
18 River
Reading D
19 Palace
20 Wives
21 Afterlife
22 Discus
23 Lake
(third week)
Reading E
24 Games
25 Sari
26 Rice
27 Tales
28 Lotus
29 Visitations
Reading F
30 Disguise
31 Preparation
32 Field
33 Sight
(fourth week)
Reading G
34 Secrets
35 Avanlanche
36 Wheel
37 Owl
38 Pyre
Reading H
39 Ash
40 Snake
41 Reed
42 Snow
43 Fire
