Combining history myth and contemporary politics Escaping the Land is a saga of a beautiful but sometimes turbulent land and its people. Acclaimed poet-novelist Mamang Dai takes us on an unforgettable journey from the land of Kojum-Koja a sacred place beyond time to the formation of the modern state of Arunachal Pradesh.Maying a woman who has lived away from the state returns in order to write a history of the people she has known and who have shaped her land. As she speaks to them and leafs thr