The story, which is set against the backdrop of a mysterious discovery in a secluded church in the hills of Kodaikanal - in nineteenth-century British India - and the strange disappearance of the notes written about it, underscores the power and politics behind the collection of knowledge.
To stop a Western physician from stealing other people's thoughts, a woman who has sacrificed her unique fantasies to theft joins someone who has lost their history and a nun who gave up her childhood dreams.
Like the slow unfurling of a flower with many inner folds, this short novel moves away from the usual linear narrative and offers a fulfilling reading experience,