The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that if they do, they will invite a disastrous fate upon their house.
Through this balance he has produced a translation that is not only clear, but graceful, one that stands as its own story as much as an adaptation of a larger work..
He draws from both scholarly analysis and creative interpretation and vividly fuses the spiritual with the secular.
In this elegant translation, Narayan ably distills a tale that is both traditional and constantly changing.
He grew up hearing them, internalizing their mythology, which gave him an innate ability to choose the right passages and their best translations.
As Wendy Doniger explains in the foreword, Narayan tells the stories so well because they\'re all his stories.
Now with a new foreword by Wendy Doniger, as well as a concise character and place guide and a family tree, The Mahabharata is ready for a new generation of readers.
Narayan\'s masterful translation and abridgement of the poem.
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Contemporary readers have a much more accessible entry point to this important work, thanks to R.
The Modern Version is famously long, and at more than 1.8 million words--seven times the combined lengths of the Iliad and Odyssey--it can be incredibly daunting.
Centuries of listeners and readers have been drawn to The Mahabharata , which began as disparate oral ballads and grew into a sprawling epic.
Covering everything from creation to destruction, this ancient poem remains an indelible part of Hindu culture and a landmark in ancient literature.
The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that if they do, they will invite a disastrous fate upon their house
