Name: Sita's Ramayana
SKU: 9789380340036
Price: 19.95 USD
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Sita’s Ramayana

Samhita Arni, Moyna Chitrakar

Sita’s Ramayana shifts the point of view of the epic – the saga of a heroic war – to bring a woman’s perspective to this familiar tale. Narrated by the heroine Sita, it is a powerful meditation on the fate of women, as they become pawns in the wars between men and kingdoms. Patua artist Moyna Chitrakar and book designer Jonathan Yamakami deftly rework the traditional scroll form to create a dramatic visual narrative. Samhita Arni’s quiet yet reflective text complements Moyna’s startling colour and line.

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Weight	520.0 g
Dimensions	235 × 165 mm
ISBN	978-93-80340-03-6
Pages	156
Printing	Offset-printed
Binding	Hardcover
Foreign Rights Sold	:
English (North America)	Groundwood Books
Portuguese (Brazil)	Editora WMF Martins Fontes
HSN Code	49030010

New York Times Bestseller, Hardback Graphic Novels, 2011

Honor Book, South Asia Book Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, 2012

USBBY Outstanding International Books Honor List, 2011

Notable Book, American Library Association (ALA), 2012

Publishers Weekly

Arni’s retelling is a moving and important one.

Women's Web

Arni and Chitrakar deserve credit for helping us reimagine a heroic Sita far from the ‘damsel in distress’ of popular imagination.

Samhita Arni

Samhita has been interested in Hindu mythology from an early age, and her illustrated version of The Mahabharatha was published by Tara Books when she was just twelve years old. Internationally acclaimed, the book has been translated into seven languages. She is currently based in Bangalore, India. Click here to discover her other Tara Books.

Moyna Chitrakar

Moyna Chitrakar is an artist and performer from the Patua scroll painting tradition, whose art is vivid and earthy. She lives in Nirbhaypur Village, Paschim Medinipur District, West Bengal, India. Click here to discover her other Tara Books.

Jonathan Yamakami

Jonathan Yamakami is a graphic designer from São Paulo, Brazil, who currently lives in Washington DC. He received an MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013, and his work has been featured by NPR, the New York Times and AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers. Jonathan is particularly interested in exploring new ways of presenting and conceiving of the book. Click here to discover his other Tara Books.