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de Indu Sundaresan (Author) "THE MIDDAY SUN WHITENED THE CITY OF LAHORE TO A BRIGHT haze ..." En savoir plus
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In The Twentieth Wife, first-time novelist Indu Sundaresan introduces readers to life inside a bejeweled, dazzling birdcage--the world of the Mughal Court's zenana, or imperial harem. Her heroine exercises power in the only way available to a woman in 17th-century India: from behind the veil. At the age of 8, Mehrunissa (the name means "Sun of Women") has already settled on her life's goal. After just one glimpse of his face, she wants to marry the Crown Prince Salim. And marry him she does, albeit some 26 years later, after overcoming the opposition of her family, an ill-starred early marriage, numerous miscarriages, and the scheming of other wives.

The story's gothic trappings have a basis in fact. As Sundaresan writes in her afterword, the historical Mehrunissa exercised far more power than was usually allotted to an empress, issuing coins in her own name, giving orders, trading, owning property, and patronizing the arts. (Curiously, the book ends just as Mehrunissa is ascending to the throne as empress, dwelling on her years of powerlessness and struggle rather than those of her enormous political influence.) Although the empress was fabled in her time, we know next to nothing about the woman herself. Unfortunately, Sundaresan does little to flesh out this intriguing figure. Despite the vivid historical detail, the reader remains more aware of the author's presence--and her own contemporary take on women's issues--than of her characters' inner lives. --Mary Park --Ce texte provient d'une édition qui n'est plus publiée ou qui est non diponible.



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Sundaresan's debut is a sweeping, carefully researched tale of desire, sexual mores and political treachery set against the backdrop of 16th- and 17th-century India. It centers on the rise to prominence of Mehrunnisa, the beautiful, intellectually astute daughter of a Persian courtier to the Mughal emperor, Akbar. Mehrunnisa falls in love with Akbar's heir apparent, Salim (who later becomes Emperor Jahangir), in her childhood; although Jahangir comes to share her passion, fate and the dictates of his royal station keep them apart for much of the novel. It isn't until Mehrunnisa has weathered a disastrous, loveless marriage to the brutal soldier Ali Quli, several miscarriages and the jealous plotting of Jahangir's chief wife, Jagat Gosini, that she gets the chance to defy the male-dominated Mughal culture and become a savvy, powerful empress. Like most historical fiction, Sundaresan's novel takes its fair share of liberties with plot and characterization, but still endeavors to be factually accurate as much as possible. Sundaresan charts the chronology of the Mughal Empire, describing life in the royal court in convincing detail and employing authentic period terms throughout. Despite its descriptive strengths, however, the work doesn't quite convince as creative fiction. So much plot is squeezed into the novel that there's little time for character development Mehrunnisa and Jahangir are wooden and one-dimensional creations, and matters aren't helped by the often stilted prose ("restlessness rose over her like tide on a beach"). Regardless of the wealth of edifying historical detail, this tale of palace intrigue is less than intriguing. 5-city West Coast author tour.

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2.0étoiles sur 5 Looooong and slow, Fév 10 2004
Par Amanda Sykora (Disputanta, VA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires
I typically love books based on Indian culture and cultures that have arranged marriages, etc. However this book was not what I had hoped it would be.

While the story starts out great with a growing family moving to make a better life for themselves and the experiences they face, it slowly becomes something a bit more political and focuses on war too much. I could not get passed the war talk! It seemed to go on forever and I was disappointed by how the story unfolded. There seemed to be too much about the war and not enough about the main characters. I was very disappointed but that is probably because I was thinking the story would be something entirely different.

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2.0étoiles sur 5 Great plot but frustrating reading!, Jui 7 2009
Par The Mad Hatter "Seagull Books" (Prince Edward Island, Canada) - Voir tous mes commentaires
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I will not go into the description of the story since this site allows the reader to preview excerpts and provides a description of the book. On the positive side, the plot and characters were well developed and the book had great potential.

Alas, there was also a negative side which resulted in a frustrating, and somewhat annoying, read. Although the book had a glossary at the back, there were so many foreign words throughout that one had to constantly flip back and forth to understand their meaning in English. Also, there was a lot of terminology, not contained in the glossary, that was meaningless unless you had an understanding of the hierarachy and language spoken in India.

Another issue with the book was the characters' names and the fact there were too many primary and secondary characters. Some names and positions held were lengthy and completely foreign to one not from India i.e., Ruqayya Sultan Begam, Qutubuddin Khan Koka and Ali Quli Khan Istajlu?? The reader had one heck of a time trying to remember "who was who" and what relationship one was to another. In one case, there were even two individuals with the same name (Muhammad Sharif.) The further one read, the more frustrating the book became to the point where, for all it's potential, I found myself counting the pages until the entire vexacious thing ended once and for all.
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5.0étoiles sur 5 phenomenal, Jui 25 2007
This book is truly phenomenal! The way they portray Mehrunisa as a strong woman could not have been written any better. This book takes a stroll through Mogul India which I must say is truly amazing. It is a definite must read and will keep you turning the pages!
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