A Rag Doll After My Heart: A Poetic Novel
Anuradha Vaidya
Oct 2015 · Zubaan
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100
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About this ebook
First published in Marathi in 1966, this unique novella in free verse tells an age-old story: that of a woman’s deep desire to be a mother. Setting out life as a game in which the moves are predetermined, and yet where rules exist only to be twisted, perhaps negotiated, sometimes even changed, Anuradha Vaidya deftly engages the reader in a sort of play, suggesting a joining of the dots, a connecting of line endings that lead the reader deeper into the story. As the story traces a relationship that begins with unquestioning love that, over time, transforms into tension and distance, the reader is encouraged to linger, or jump back and forth across stanzas and lines, to navigate, interpret, and savour the beauty of the expression, both in the turn of phrase and the coinage of new words. The sheer beauty of the almost allegorical imagery of life as a game played on the worldly board by people who are actually pawns, marks every page of this poetic narrative.
Published by Zubaan.
Published by Zubaan.
About the author
ANURADHA VAIDYA is an award-winning writer of short stories, poems, novels and children’s stories. One of her novels Chauphula has been adapted into a Marathi film. Her illustrated children’s story Gamaticha Gao won her an award from the National Council of Educational Research and Training. Vaidya was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad, Pune.
SHRUTI NARGUNDKAR is an educationist, entrepreneur, writer and blogger. She lives and works in Melbourne, Australia.
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