A Blue Citadel by Madhoor kapur

Against the exquisite backdrop of Goa, which forms a realist travelogue, is woven a make-believe tale of people living in a spiritual commune. The young protagonist, through whose eyes one gets to see the unraveling of this tale, is a filled-in personality, posed against the other people who are merrily etched, perhaps two-dimensionally, weaving in the and out of the story like paper characters. Andy yet another account of the protagonist's mountain journey constitutes a corollary to this travelogue within the book, while beautiful imagery of nature in its element and sketches of lamas drawn by the author, complement the narration.