So I thought there was an opportunity to make a splash with a debut book.” Yet no one in the West had ever fictionalized that story, had ever written a novel about it. “There’s arguably the most famous love story in the world behind the Taj Mahal’s creation. “The Taj Mahal is one of the wonders of the world,” he said. In his spare time, he began crafting his story of the Taj Mahal’s beauty and barbarity. He carried that love back to his hometown of Des Moines, Iowa, where he became a reporter. But on a 1999 trip, he saw the monument to a great love - and the people who built it - and had the idea for his first book, “Beneath a Marble Sky.”Īfter earning his English degree at CC, Shors taught English in Kyoto, Japan, for a few years, then traveled through 10 countries in Asia, indulging his love for the people and places. Oh, he admires the structure itself, a world treasure since 1648. When most people journey to Agra, India, and drink in the sight of the Taj Mahal, they’re most likely thinking about the graceful form and the intricate surface of the marble mausoleum. Graduate and author shares his love for exotic places
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