Name: The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
Author: Narayan, R. K.
ISBN: 9780226568225

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The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic

by R. K. Narayan

University of Chicago Press, 2000
Paper: 978-0-226-56822-5
Library of Congress Classification PR9499.3.N3M3 2000
Dewey Decimal Classification 294.5923

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ABOUT THIS BOOK

Growing from an oral tradition of ballads based on historic events in India, the Mahabharata was passed down and extended through the centuries, becoming the longest poem ever written. R. K. Narayan provides a superb rendition in an abbreviated and elegant retelling of this great epic.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

R. K. Narayan is one of the most prominent Indian novelists of the twentieth century. Born in 1906, Narayan was the recipient of the National Prize of the Indian Literary Academy, India's highest literary honor. His numerous works Mr. Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi, Swami and Friends, Waiting for Mahatma, and Gods, Demons and Others, all published by the University of Chicago Press.

REVIEWS

"Narayan is a trustworthy guide to the heart and mind of India.”

— Sunday Times

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

Introduction

List of Characters and Places of Action in the Story

Generation Tree

1. The Eighth Baby

2. Enter - The Players

3. House of Joy - and Ashes

4. Bride for Five

5. Uncle's Gift

6. City of Splendour

7. Stakes Unmatched

8. Wanderings

9. Hundred Questions

10. Servitude

11. Warning Shots

12. War or Peace?

13. Action

14. Hesitant Hero

15. Delirium of Destruction

16. Victory and Sorrow

Epilogue

Glossary

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