Mahabharata - Paperback
by William Buck
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Availability:In StockContributor:William Buck, B. A. van NootenSeries:World Literature in TranslationPublish date:2019-05-07Pages:320
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520305588ISBN-10:520305582UPC:9780520305588Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AsianSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6Product ID:SCG19J20D3
Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience in nations with radically different languages and cultures as the Mahabharata. Written some 2,000 years ago and probably the longest Indian epic ever composed, it is a story of dynastic struggle that culminates in a fatal clash between two branches of a single ruling family. It is a moral and philosophical tale as well as a historical one. In his introduction, Sanskritist B. A. van Nooten notes that apart from William Buck's rendition no other English version has been able to capture the blend of religion and martial spirit that pervades the original epic.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520305588ISBN-10:520305582UPC:9780520305588Book Category:Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:AsianSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6Product ID:SCG19J20D3
William Buck (1933-1970) was a Sanskritist, devoting his life's work to modern retellings of the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the unfinished Harivamsa.
Publisher: University of California Press
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