Desire of the Moth: a novel, by Champa Bilwakesh
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Desire of the Moth: a novel, by Champa Bilwakesh
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A fifteen-year-old widow runs across a bridge to catch a train bound for Trichi. Sowmya is running away to make sense of the events that had seized her body and her mind, and had ripped apart her world. She is determined to flee her destiny of numbing isolation within her community, the Brahmins of the Thanjavur district in South India. Her plans pivot when she meets a devadasi--an aging dancer--in her compartment. When the woman Mallika opens her drawstring bag and buys Sowmya her dinner, Sowmya recognizes what she needs to overcome her own condition, that of a young woman in possession of a thin cotton sari, a head shorn clean, and little else. She asks Mallika how she too can achieve that kind of power--the power to open a bag and pull out money. Thus begins Sowmya's transformation in the city by the sea, Madras, which is in the grip of its own political and social changes while India is struggling to seize its independence from the imperial British raj. Here she learns the beauty of dance from Mallika, and the sweetness and agony of falling in love with a married man. The cinema brings unimagined opportunities and all the power and riches that she could desire, but it also consumes her relentlessly. When a letter arrives, Sowmya begins her quest to regain everything that had been lost when she once lived in that small village tucked into a little bend of the Kaveri River. Hear Champa Bilwakesh reading from Desire of the Moth here: http://voicethread.com/myvoice/#thread/5863247/30058528/31699244
Desire of the Moth: a novel, by Champa Bilwakesh- Amazon Sales Rank: #1764556 in Books
- Brand: Bilwakesh, Champa
- Published on: 2015-05-10
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.00" h x .80" w x 5.00" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 260 pages
From the Inside Flap A fifteen-year-old widow runs across a bridge to catch a train bound for Trichi. Sowmya is running away to make sense of the events that had seized her body and her mind, and had ripped apart her world. She is determined to flee her destiny of numbing isolation within her community, the Brahmins of the Thanjavur district in South India. Her plans pivot when she meets a devadasi--an aging dancer--in her compartment. When the woman Mallika opens her drawstring bag and buys Sowmya her dinner, Sowmya recognizes what she needs to overcome her own condition, that of a young woman in possession of a thin cotton sari, a head shorn clean, and little else. She asks Mallika how she too can achieve that kind of power--the power to open a bag and pull out money. Thus begins Sowmya's transformation in the city by the sea, Madras, which is in the grip of its own political and social changes while India is struggling to seize its independence from the imperial British raj. Here she learns the beauty of dance from Mallika, and the sweetness and agony of falling in love with a married man. The cinema brings unimagined opportunities and all the power and riches that she could desire, but it also consumes her relentlessly. When a letter arrives, Sowmya begins her quest to regain everything that had been lost when she once lived in that small village tucked into a little bend of the Kaveri River.
About the Author Champa Bilwakesh was born in India. She earned her MFA from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. Her story "The Boston Globe Personal Line" was published by Kenyon Review in the fall of 2005. Nominated for the Ploughshares Emerging Writers issue, it won honorable mention in the Pushcart Prize XXXI. It has been translated into Italian for the online magazine, El Ghibli. Her other works have won prizes in the Katha short-story contest by India Currents and published in the online journal Monsoon Magazine. She lives in Andover, Massachusetts, where she produces TV shows for the community channel.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. The Course of Destiny By Buzdil Champa Bilwakesh 's debut novel has a riveting plot that is skillfully narrated by the writer. The novel opens with the joyous marriage of the ten year old, Sowmya in the Brahmin Agraharam in South India in the early nineteen hundreds. The details of the shopping for the saris and veshties, the marudani applying, are delightful. After this, with the young newly wed husband's tragic death the prologue ends.A cruel play of destiny,!what else could it be but the play of destiny? Yet, we have an intimation of what sowmya's destiny would be, would she be subjected to the widowhood ritual of tonsure and other indignities? The writer says that while walking home with her cousins from the dance performance of a devadasi in the temple on the last night of the festivities, Sowmya "stuck her arms out and imitated the steps and gestures the devadasi made. Immediately she felt Janaki's firm grip on her shoulder, stopping her. "Behave!"But Sowmya continued to try out the movements of the dancer , when she was alone, in the bathing room, and she "discovered an exquisite bubble that filled her chest when she danced. "The rest is the unfolding of the course of Destiny, not only of Sowmya, but of all the others in the family, community and even the nation that was already way up in its struggle for independence from foreign rule, the air seemed thick with protests.However, it is the ending , the destination in Varanasi, the Holy City on the Holy river Ganga, that was so poignant, the tumult ended in peace as a natural pause !Gang maia who gathered everyone without distinction in her bosom. No one to blame, no victim , no winner, everyone has part to play , the play is of interest not the players, and so the players have to keep the play going. Life goes on despite the twists and turns.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A must read! By A. D. Kowolik What a wonderfully written novel! The author does a great job painting such a vivid story, and developing characters that we truly love. As a former dancer, her descriptions of Sowmya's experiences really resonated with me and I could see all her movements in my mind's eye.Great story, richly told, and vividly described.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The Consequences of Desire By MyHumbleOpinion This book is a literary masterpiece – but not in a dull, preachy, high-brow way. It has all the appeal of a cool movie like Footloose (dare to dance and face the consequences) but with the importance of a classic, timeless novel. Bilwakesh has managed to write a novel with such attention to literary detail, precision of language, and historical significance that you almost forget while you are reading it that the plot is spellbinding, surprising, and relatable. In this way, it is a sacred text. I have read my fair share of books like this that leave you so devastated with the ending that you can’t think straight for days. Sometimes endings like that seem like a shortcut to pull at the emotions of the reader. I prefer this ending that is more nuanced and realistic. It doesn’t romanticize or vilify the past and antiquated traditions. I think we look to people who break down cultural and gender stereotypes in favor of justice and progression as heroes, but Bilwakesh’s story shows how truly complicated it is. There is no winning or losing or right and wrong – there are only consequences. Everyone in our heart’s field is affected by decisions we make that are out of the ordinary. Although future generations may benefit, there are sacrifices that must be made by all the people who are connected to the “hero.”
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