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Karna's Wife

The Outcast's Queen

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Karna's Wife

Written by: Kavita Kane
Narrated by: Shaheen Khan
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Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen tells the extraordinary story of Karna, the unsung hero of the Mahabharata, through the eyes of his wife, Uruvi, bringing his story to the listener from a unique perspective. An accomplished Kshatriya princess who falls in love with and dares to choose the sutaputra over Arjun, Uruvi must come to terms with the social implications of her marriage and learn to use her love and intelligence to be accepted by Karna and his family. Though she becomes his mainstay, counselling and guiding him, his blind allegiance to Duryodhana is beyond her power to change.

The story of Uruvi and Karna unfolds against the backdrop of the struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. As events build up leading to the great war of the Mahabharata, Uruvi is a witness to the twists and turns of Karna's fate and how it is inextricably linked to divine design. A splendid saga from the pages of the Mahabharata, Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen brings its characters alive in all their majesty.

©2013 Kavita Kané (P)2016 Audible, Inc. Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction
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Loved the book, got to know about Karna from a different angle. The narration could have been better, sometimes it even takes u out of the story. But nevertheless story was well written and simply awesome. Enjoyed it a lot.

Loved it

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Presenting a new angle to the already known story is a commendable task, narration was also good except for the pathetic butchery of the names.

A good listen

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I just loved it....I felt what urivi felt right through the authors words....it is so fresh and unique perspective of mahabharat from urivis side...the remarkable personality of karna is portrayed so beautifully.....

the fresh perspective

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The book is good. Narration is also spot on with intonations and voice reflections for various personalities. The narration takes care of emotions portrayed in the book.

Some downsides are the pronunciations that will pinch you at the wrong moments.
Sut-A-Putra, K-Shatriya, etc will bring you out of context many times.

A nice narration overall

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All the time, I hear the 'Mahabharatha', from a male protagonist's view. First time (for me), this book narrates the incidences in the 'Epic', from a female protagonist's view. The writer aptly chosen Uruvi, wife of unsung hero 'Karna' for these narrations. Not only she, other female characters like Kunthi, Draupadi, Bhanumati also add their side of story. The Author, not only, researched well, but also, in her mind, thoroughly dwelt on all these characters, before putting her thoughts in the beautiful book.

A Very Good Book!

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