Tales of Ancient India (Phoenix Books)
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Book details
- Author
- J. A. B. van Buitenen
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- Anthologies
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780226846477
- ISBN-10
- 0226846474
- Vendor: Mia Karts
Tales of Ancient India (Phoenix Books)
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ISBN: 0226846474
Author: van Buitenen, J. A. B.
Condition: New
"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
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