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Sandra Wagner-Wright
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Rama's Labyrinth: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Literature & Fiction
Author Insight
Rustic Rama sees exotic foreigners.
Rama is about to ride a train for the first time. She's never been in a train station before, never seen such a vast variety of people. In particular, she's never seen European or English women. I wondered what it would be like for she and her sister to see how English women dressed with their corsets at the waist and skirts flared out by hoops. They must have seemed like beings from another world. And so, I wrote this section -- and also noted that the chasm between Rama and these fascinating creatures was too wide for her to cross.
Book Excerpt
Rama's Labyrinth: A Biographical Novel (Women of Determination and Courage)
Rama kept her eyes on the door to the ticket office on the far side of the room. A man in European dress appeared. Rama watched him walk over to three women in the most amazing clothing. The women’s bodies looked like triangles, thin at the top and wide at the bottom. Their skirts seemed to float across the floor.
“Krishna, look.” Rama pointed.
“My goodness. What do you suppose they keep under their skirts?”
“And what’s on their heads?”
“Feathers?”
“I wonder if they’ll be on our train?”
“Huh. If they are they won’t be sitting with us.”
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