{"product_id":"9780857424396","title":"Mirror of the Darkest Night","description":"\u003cbr\u003eIt’s the mid-to-late 1800s and the British have banished Wajid Ali Shah—the nawab of Awadh in Lucknow—to Calcutta. To the sound of the soulful melody of the \u003ci\u003esarangi\u003c\/i\u003e, the mercurial courtesan Laayl-e Aasman is playing a dangerous game of love, loyalty, deception, and betrayal. Bajrangi and Kundan, bound by their love for each other and for Laayl-e, struggle to keep their balance. Ranging across generations and geography, the scale of Laayl-e’s story sweeps the devil, a crime lord, and many other remarkable characters into a heady mix.\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMirror of the Darkest Night\u003c\/i\u003e is almost an aberration in Mahasweta Devi’s oeuvre. Known for her activism and hard-hitting indictment of social inequalities, she pays close attention to detail in this sparkling novel. It offers a rare glimpse of Devi’s talent for telling the sort of story she normally eschewed—and it’s a cracker of a tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027321635056,"sku":"9780857424396","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780857424396_p0.jpg?v=1763829291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780857424396","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}