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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ISBN | 9780226846477 |
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Sprache | eng |
Cover | Kartonierter Einband (Kt) |
Verlag | The University of Chicago Press |
Jahr | 19690715 |
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