Narayan R. K. The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic 9780226051659

Варианты приобретения

Цена: 2534.00р.
Кол-во:
Наличие: Поставка под заказ. Есть в наличии на складе поставщика.
Склад Америка: Есть
При оформлении заказа до: 2025-08-04
Ориентировочная дата поставки: Август-начало Сентября
При условии наличия книги у поставщика.

Добавить в корзину

в Мои желания

Автор: Narayan R. K.
Название: The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
ISBN: 9780226051659
Издательство: Wiley
Классификация:

Модернистская и современная художественная литература

Классическая художественная литература (до 1945 Г.)

ISBN-10: 022605165X
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 216
Вес: 0.26 кг.
Дата издания: 05.12.2013
Язык: English
Размер: 215 x 142 x 12
Ссылка на Издательство: Link
Рейтинг:
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that if they do, they will invite a disastrous fate upon their house. Covering everything from creation to destruction, this ancient poem remains an indelible part of Hindu culture and a landmark in ancient literature.
Centuries of listeners and readers have been drawn to The Mahabharata, which began as disparate oral ballads and grew into a sprawling epic. The modern version is famously long, and at more than 1.8 million words-seven times the combined lengths of the Iliad and Odyssey-it can be incredibly daunting.
Contemporary readers have a much more accessible entry point to this important work, thanks to R. K. Narayans masterful translation and abridgement of the poem. Now with a new foreword by Wendy Doniger, as well as a concise character and place guide and a family tree, The Mahabharata is ready for a new generation of readers. As Wendy Doniger explains in the foreword, Narayan tells the stories so well because theyre all his stories. He grew up hearing them, internalizing their mythology, which gave him an innate ability to choose the right passages and their best translations.
In this elegant translation, Narayan ably distills a tale that is both traditional and constantly changing. He draws from both scholarly analysis and creative interpretation and vividly fuses the spiritual with the secular. Through this balance he has produced a translation that is not only clear, but graceful, one that stands as its own story as much as an adaptation of a larger work.

The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic, Narayan R. K.