Moon Mountain

For the mountain in Guangxi, see Moon Hill.
Moon Mountain

Cover page of the Graphic novel
Date 15 Feb 2014
Page count 160 pages
Publisher Penguin India
Creative team
Writers Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Saurav Mohapatra
Artist Sayan Mukherjee
Creator Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Original publication
Language English
ISBN 9780143332589

Moon Mountain is a 2014 Graphic novel adapted from Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay's classic Chander Pahar. The graphic novel is published by Penguin Books India, has its script written by Saurav Mohapatra with illustrations by Sayan Mukherjee[1][2]

Synopsis

It is the tale of Shankar Roy Chowdhury and his friend Diego Alvarez, a middle-aged Portuguese explorer, as they make their way through the rugged wilderness of pre-World War I Africa in 1909-1910 and encounter wild beasts, lost tribes, labyrinthine trails, raging volcanoes, and mythical monsters that seem all too real, while in search of the fabled diamond mines of Richtersveld, the mountain of the moon.

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Plot

Shankar, an ordinary boy with extraordinary dreams of adventure, finds his way to Africa. His encounter with the harsh wildlife there leads him to a Portuguese explorer, Alvarez, who fills his mind with stories of hidden diamond mines in Richtersveld. He invites Shankar to go with him on a journey to find fortune and live out the adventures that he is longing for. From there on begins a journey filled with adventure. Raging volcanoes to the mythical Bunyip, nothing stops the duo from finding their fortune.

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