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082			_aFiction MIT-A
100			_aMitra, Amar
245			_aDhanapatir char : _bwhatever happened to Pedru's island? / _cAmar Mitra
260			_aIndia _bVintage _c2022
300			_a512 p.
365			_aINR _b599.00
500			_aThe island came out of the golden pot of Ma Kamala, which she gave to the pirate Pedru to rule. However, there are mythical and mystical elements to the story about how Dhanapati is not only the village headman but also the giant tortoise of lore that swam in from depths of the oceans and fell asleep here to be seen when the waters recede in the winter months. Dhanapati was the last Pedru, but he was now old and blind, unable to rule his island for long. He then gifted it to his seventeen-year-old wife, Kunti. Will Dhaneshwari, the new ruler, be able to save the island and its women from the lustful eyes of the administration? Or will the government acquire the island? Or will Kunti be able to cast her spell and get the old tortoise to float away with the island on his back? The Island of Dhanapatir combines the elements of myth, allegory and magic realism with a folklore of rare beauty.
650			_aFiction
700			_aJhimli Mukherjee Pandey _eTranslated from the Bengali
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