The mountain glowed like fire

This is the charming illustrated story of a young boy who seeks, in the midst of an arid landscape, for a way to restore the monsoon, and who finds the clue while asleep “on the mountain where all journeys end”. The rains come “like tears from a god” and for the boy, “nothing could ever be as before, not now that he had touched the sky.”

The text is by Balvinder Banga and the lovely illustrations are by Marie Demont. The book was launched on 1 November and the accompanying exhibition ran at Pitanga until 15 November.