Tales of Ancient India

"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"

Product details

• Assisted by: J. A. B. van Buitenen (Editor), J. A. Van Buitenen (Translation), J. A. B. van Buitenen (Translation)
• Authors: van Buitenen
• Publisher: University Presses
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 15.07.1969
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780226846477
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84647-7
• Pages: 267
• Dimensions (packing): 1.3 x 2 x 0.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 340 g
• Series: Phoenix Books; Phoenix Books
• Subjects: Prince, Sanskrit, Adventure, Regional, Folklore, Queen, Ethnic Studies, Vampire, Cultural Studies, Translation, FICTION / Classics, Classic fiction (pre c 1945), King, Stories, Short Story, Success, Fiction, family, Crime, Anthropology, Animals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Heaven, Indian, Golden Age, India, Fairy, Hierarchy, Myth, criminal, characters, Mythology, Kingdom, Southeast Asia, Classic fiction: general and literary, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, merchant, translated, aristocrat, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity, Fictional, thieves, courtesan, Brahmin, eastern world, suitor, demi god