Mahabharata - by Carole Satyamurti (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Astonishing...[Satyamurti's <em>Mahabharata</em>] brings [the] past alive...as though it were a novel in finely crafted verse. --Vinay Dharwadker<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Originally composed approximately two thousand years ago, the <em>Mahabharata</em> tells the story of a royal dynasty, descended from gods, whose feud over their kingdom results in a devastating war. But it contains much more than conflict. An epic masterpiece of huge sweep and magisterial power, "a hundred times more interesting" than the <em>Iliad</em> and the <em>Odyssey</em>, writes Wendy Doniger in the introduction, the <em>Mahabharata</em> is a timeless work that evokes a world of myth, passion, and warfare while exploring eternal questions of duty, love, and spiritual freedom. A seminal Hindu text, which includes the <em>Bhagavad Gita</em>, it is also one of the most important and influential works in the history of world civilization.</p><p>Innovatively composed in blank verse rather than prose, Carole Satyamurti's English retelling covers all eighteen books of the <em>Mahabharata</em>. This new version masterfully captures the beauty, excitement, and profundity of the original Sanskrit poem as well as its magnificent architecture and extraordinary scope.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>[A] bold and masterful retelling...Satyamurti's version flows with exhilarating clarity and momentum.--Donna Seaman "Booklist"<br><br>A remarkable achievement.-- "The New Statesman"<br><br>An exquisitely crafted reminder of the power of the <em>Mahabharata</em>: how riveting a read it is, and how relevant it remains to our times.--Manil Suri<br><br>Like the <em>Iliad</em>, the <em>Mahabharata</em> has everything: love, war, family, gods, all the beauty and horror of life. I hope Carole Satyamurti's compelling version will introduce this marvelous epic, still largely unknown in the west, to a whole generation of new readers.--Katha Pollitt<br><br>A gift to be grateful for. It gives us, as all poetry should, access into a world we did not know or did not know well enough and which henceforth we will visit again and again.--David Constantine<br><br>A kind of miracle: a talented English poet has brought alive in blank verse an ancient Sanskrit epic for the contemporary ear and in a language that does not draw attention to itself but captures the weft and warp of the original thrilling tale, including its moral complexity.--Gurcharan Das<br><br>A spellbinding reading experience and a magisterial achievement.--Eva Hoffman<br>
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