Tales of Ancient India - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:J. A. B. van BuitenenSeries:Phoenix BooksPublish date:1969-07-15Pages:267
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226846477ISBN-10:226846474UPC:9780226846477Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Anthologies (multiple authors)Size:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8Product ID:SCJ7504SHW
"This admirably produced and well-translated volume of stories from the Sanskrit takes the Western reader into one of the Golden Ages of India. . . . The world in which the tales are set is one which placed a premium upon slickness and guile as aids to success. . . . Merchants, aristocrats, Brahmins, thieves and courtesans mingle with vampires, demi-gods and the hierarchy of heaven in a series of lively or passionate adventures. The sources of the individual stories are clearly indicated; the whole treatment is scholarly without being arid."--The Times Literary Supplement "Fourteen tales from India, newly translated with a terse and vibrant effectiveness. These tales will appeal to any reader who enjoys action, suspense, characterization, and suspension of disbelief in the supernatural."--The Personalist
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226846477ISBN-10:226846474UPC:9780226846477Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Anthologies (multiple authors)Size:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.8Product ID:SCJ7504SHW
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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Revised Edition
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