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Paperback. Within its 200,000 verse lines in Sanskrit the Mahabharata takes on many roles: epic poem, foundational text of Hinduism, and, more broadly, the engaging story of a dynastic struggle and the passing of an age when man and gods intermingled. David R. Slavitt's sparkling new edition condenses the epic for the general reader. Series: Northwestern World Classics. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; HRGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Within its 200,000 verse lines in Sanskrit the Mahabharata takes on many roles: epic poem, foundational text of Hinduism, and, more broadly, the engaging story of a dynastic struggle and the passing of an age when man and gods intermingled. David R. Slavitt's sparkling new edition condenses the epic for the general reader.
At its core, the Mahabharata is the story of the rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, two related noble families who are struggling for control of a kingdom in ancient northern India. Slavitt's readable, plot-driven, single-volume account describes an arc from the conception and birth ... Read more
Within its 200,000 verse lines in Sanskrit the Mahabharata takes on many roles: epic poem, foundational text of Hinduism, and, more broadly, the engaging story of a dynastic struggle and the passing of an age when man and gods intermingled. David R. Slavitt's sparkling new edition condenses the epic for the general reader.
At its core, the Mahabharata is the story of the rivalry between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, two related noble families who are struggling for control of a kingdom in ancient northern India. Slavitt's readable, plot-driven, single-volume account describes an arc from the conception and birth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
Series
Northwestern World Classics
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
Evanston, United States
ISBN
9780810130593
SKU
V9780810130593
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About David R. Slavitt
David R. Slavitt is a poet, translator, novelist, critic, and journalist. He is the author of more than seventy works of fiction and poetry, as well as poetry and drama in translation. He is the author of The Duke’s Man: A Novel (Northwestern University Press, 2011) and translator of The Metamorphoses of Ovid (1994). Henry L. Carrigan Jr. is ... Read more
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