Mahabharata
Carole Satyamurti
W. W. Norton & Company
<p>"Astonishing. . . . [Satyamurti's <i>Mahabharata</i>] brings [the] past alive . . . as though it were a novel in finely crafted verse."&#8212;Vinay Dharwadker<p>Originally composed approximately two thousand years ago, the <i>Mahabharata</i> tells the story of a royal dynasty, descended from gods, whose feud over their kingdom results in a devastating war. But it contains much more than conflict. An epic masterpiece of huge sweep and magisterial power, "a hundred times more interesting" than the <i>Iliad</i> and the <i>Odyssey</i>, writes Wendy Doniger in the introduction, the <i>Mahabharata</i> is a timeless work that evokes a world of myth, passion, and warfare while exploring eternal questions of duty, love, and spiritual freedom. A seminal Hindu text, which includes the <i>Bhagavad Gita</i>, it is also one of the most important and influential works in the history of world civilization.<p>Innovatively composed in blank verse rather than prose, Carole Satyamurti's English...</p></p></p>