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Vanitha Sankaran
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The year is 1320 in France,
and writing, reading, and the supply of
costly parchment are under complete control
by an increasingly corrupted Church. When
Auda, the daughter of a papermaker in the
small town of Narbonne, is born albino, she
falls victim to an act of superstitious
violence that leaves her a mute. Yet as Auda
grows into womanhood, she reclaims her voice
using her father's cheap “cloth parchment”
to write troubadour poetry about courtly
love.
Already shunned by the villagers as witch,
Auda continues to draw attention through her
unwomanly pursuits, from the interest of the
town’s lecherous Vicomte, to a secret band
of heretics, to the dreaded Inquisition
roaming the French countryside. Ultimately,
risking betrayal, torture, and even death,
Auda must decide how significant her writing
truly is in her quest for love and a sense
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