The Palace of Illusions
The Palace of Illusions is Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's retelling of the Mahabharata, first published by Doubleday in February 2008. Draupadi, wife of the five Pandavas, tells of the rigged dice game, the exile and the Kurukshetra War. It was nominated for the 2010 IMPAC Dublin Literary Award.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Doubleday, 2008
- First published
- Doubleday, 2008
The first edition of The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was published in New York by Doubleday in 2008. We track 2 editions.
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- Editions recorded
- 8 on Open Library, 6 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 2 languages
From Wikidata and Open Library, both CC0. A prize or a new adaptation often lifts demand for the first printing.
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Who published the first edition of The Palace of Illusions?
The first edition of The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was published in New York by Doubleday in 2008.
How many editions of The Palace of Illusions are there?
We track 2 editions of The Palace of Illusions, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- The Palace of Illusions, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- The Palace of Illusions, Kirkus Reviews, 2008 (kirkusreviews.com)
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