The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
by:
R.K. Narayan (author)
Growing from an oral tradition of ballads based on historic events in India, the Mahabharata was passed down and extended through the centuries, becoming the longest poem ever written. R. K. Narayan provides a superb rendition in an abbreviated and elegant retelling of this great epic.
Growing from an oral tradition of ballads based on historic events in India, the Mahabharata was passed down and extended through the centuries, becoming the longest poem ever written. R. K. Narayan provides a superb rendition in an abbreviated and elegant retelling of this great epic.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780226568225 (0226568229)
Publish date: October 15th 2000
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Literature,
Epic,
Cultural,
Religion,
Philosophy,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Poetry,
Mythology,
Hinduism
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R.K. Narayan’s abridged, prose version of India’s national epic,The Mahabharata, is concise, fast paced, well written, and – unfortunately – passionless. Narayan has excised nearly everything not directly related to the Pandavas (Yudhistira, Bhima, Arjuna, and Nakula and Sahadeva) and their wife, Dr...
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