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Fiction
by Diana Carroll
September 2012, no. 344

Dancing to the Flute  by Manisha Jolie Amin

Allen & Unwin , $29.99 pb, 342 pp, 9781742378572

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Do we choose our own destiny or does fate decide? This existential question is at the heart of Dancing to the Flute, a contemporary fable set amid the banyan trees and frangipani flowers of rural India.

 


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Dancing to the Flute  by Manisha Jolie Amin

Allen & Unwin , $29.99 pb, 342 pp, 9781742378572

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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