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

• Authors: van Buitenen
• Assisted by: J. A. B. van Buitenen (Editor), J. A. Van Buitenen (Translation), J. A. B. van Buitenen (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.07.1969
• EAN: 9780226846477
• ISBN: 978-0-226-84647-7
• No. of pages: 267
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 217 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 380 g
• Series: Phoenix Books; Phoenix Books
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries