About this title: Dr. Veena Damle has taken her own background as a medical doctor and as an Indian to recreate the central myths of the Hindu religion, making them and a slice of India accessible to westerners in a way that, say, Aesop made the Greek moral tradition accessible to the following generations of non-Greeks. In this novel, we follow a Hindu family of two physicians, their daughter Manju, and her grandfather Azoba through a mounting crisis of infidelity and greed. The home crisis is echoed by the grandfather's retelling of The Mahabharata, especially Arjun's war against his own family. Damle's ...
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Description: As New. No Jacket. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Signed by Author Soft Cover. As New/No Jacket. Edition Not Stated. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Veena Damle has performed two sorts of miracles in this, her premier novel: first, she has blended East and West; second, she has blended realism with fairy tale. The vehicle she has chosen to accomplish her task is the Hindu epic, the Mahabharate--or, Mahabharat, in Damle's Bombay dialect. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Livingston Press (University of West Alabama)
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780942979794ISBN:0942979796
Description: Fine. No Jacket. Signed by Author(s) First Edition (first printing). The simultaneous paper-bound printing of this novel of hope amid despair. Fine in wraps as issued. Signed by Damle. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Satisfaction Guaranteed. Shipped quickly. 2001. Paperback. Used, very good. Very good overall with light to moderate wear. No dust jacket. read more
Edition: Advance Reader's Copy
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Livingston Press, University of West Alabama
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780942979794ISBN:0942979796
Description: N/A. Fine. No Jacket. Advanced Reading Copy (ARC) 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. A clean tight copy. No spine creasing. Feels unread. 165 pages. read more
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