Tales of Ancient India
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0226846474
ISBN-13
9780226846477
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Imprint
University of Chicago Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 15th, 1969
Print length
267 Pages
Weight
380 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.50 x 1.70 cms
Product Classification:
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)Cultural studiesEthnic studiesAnthropology
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"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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