{"product_id":"mad-sisters-of-esi-hardcover","title":"Mad Sisters of Esi - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTashan Mehta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanna Clarke's \u003ci\u003ePiranesi\u003c\/i\u003e meets Italo Calvino's \u003ci\u003eIf On a Winter's Night a Traveler\u003c\/i\u003e in this stunning meta fantasy about the power of stories, belief, and sisterhood \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMyung and her sister Laleh are the sole inhabitants of the whale of babel--until Myung flees, beginning an adventure that will spin her through dreams, memories, and myths \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAsk for the story of the mad sisters of Esi, and you'll get a thousand contradictory folktales. Superstitious sailors, curious children, and obsessed academics have argued over the particulars for generations. They have wondered about the mad sisters' two greatest marvels: the museum of collective memory that sprawls underneath our universe, waiting for any who call for it, and the living, impossible, whale of babel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMyung and her sister Laleh are the sole inhabitants of the whale of babel. They roam within its cosmic chambers, speak folktales of themselves, and pray to their creator, the Great Wisa. For Laleh, this is everything. For Myung, it is not enough. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Myung flees the whale, she stumbles into a new universe full of people, shapeshifting islands, and argumentative ghosts. In her search for Great Wisa and her longing for her sister Laleh, Myung sets off on an adventure that will unravel the mystery that has confounded everyone for centuries: the truth about the mad sisters of Esi. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFables, dreams and myths come together in a masterful work of fantasy full of wonder and awe, that asks: in the devastating chaos of the world, where all is in flux, and the truth is ever-changing, what will you choose to hold on to? And what stories will you choose to tell?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTashan Mehta\u003c\/b\u003e's \u003ci\u003eMad Sisters of Esi \u003c\/i\u003ewas published by HarperCollins India in 2023 and won the AutHer Awards for Best Novel. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Liar's Weave\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2017 and shortlisted for the Prabha Khaitan Woman's Voice Award. Her short fiction has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eMagical Women\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGollancz Anthology of South Asian Science Fiction: Volume II\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSolarpunk Creatures\u003c\/i\u003e. She was fellow at the 2015 and 2021 Sangam House International Writers' Residency, India, and writer-in-residence at Anglia Ruskin University, UK, and has mentored at numerous writing residencies. She studied at the universities of Warwick and Cambridge, and currently resides in Mumbai.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.4 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 05, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987972194605,"sku":"9780756420062","price":28.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/dlZuFpv6UP9780756420062.webp?v=1776188495","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/mad-sisters-of-esi-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}