The Web of Silk and Gold

Author: Shakti Niranjchana
Publisher: Penguin
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 200
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0140293272

Description

Written with insight, honesty and great sensitivity, The Web of Silk and Gold is deeply absorbing and inspiring first novel about a young woman's awakening to a sense of her own self, and her heart-rendering journey from innocence to maturity and strength.

A sensitive , deeply inspiring and absorbing first novel about Aradhana, a young Indian girl. It is the story of her life which is full of violence, terror and humiliation. How her quest for individual fulfillment turns out to be a complex and tortuous process where diverse forces of the law, politics and crime come into play, drawing her into a horrifying world of corruption, rape and murder. But it is also a powerful narration of her awakening to a sense of her own self and her heart-rendering journey from innocence to maturity and strength.