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A remarkable story of four musicians set against the backdrop of a magnificent musical heritage Key Features/Quotes A deeply moving novel about love, relationships and music For all those who loved Namita Devidayals The Music Room and Amit Chaudhuris The Immortals, this is the perfect book Mitra Phukan is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Collectors Wif A remarkable story of four musicians set against the backdrop of a magnificent musical heritage Key Features/Quotes A deeply moving novel about love, relationships and music For all those who loved Namita Devidayals The Music Room and Amit Chaudhuris The Immortals, this is the perfect book Mitra Phukan is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Collectors Wife About the Book: A Monsoon of Music Four musicians: a bright, young, aspiring student, two highly respected gurus married to each other, and a globe-trotting star, each deeply immersed in the tradition of Hindustani Shastriya Sangeet. Their lives intersect in the small mofussil town of Tamulbari on the banks of the Brahmaputra. Against the backdrop of a magnificent musical heritage, Mitra Phukan presents the ambitious sitarist Kaushik Kashyap, already a name, who tours the world with his beautiful Italian student Nomita, the shy, smalltown vocalist, whom Kaushiks parents have chosen for him Nomitas Guruma, the beautiful, calm Sandhya Senapati, and her husband, who seem to be hiding deep, dark secrets and Gurumas friendship with the wellknown industrialist Deepak Rathod. Mitra Phukans eye for detail, her immense knowledge of Hindustani music and her profound understanding of human nature come together in this remarkable novel, as the four musicians cope with dramatic change in the small mofussil town of Tamulbari on the banks of the Brahmaputra. As the eventful monsoon months give way to autumn, the characters come to a deeper understanding of themselves even as their lives change dramatically and forever. By turns serious, deeply moving and utterly irreverent, Mitra Phukans eye for detail, her immense knowledge of Hindustani music and her profound understanding of human nature come together in this remarkable novel. About the Author: Mitra Phukan Mitra Phukan is an Assamese vocalist of the Hindustani classical music tradition, a writer, music critic and columnist. Her first novel, The