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Title	:	Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling
Author	:	Carole Satyamurti
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 928 pages
Published	:	February 22nd 2016 by W. W. Norton Company (first published February 23rd 2015)
Categories	:	Poetry. Cultural. India. Classics. Religion. Philosophy. Fantasy. Mythology. Literature

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Originally composed approximately two thousand years ago, the Mahabharata 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 Iliad and the Odyssey, writes Wendy Doniger in the introduction, the Mahabharata 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 Bhagavad Gita, it is also one of the most important and influential works in the history of world civilization.

Innovatively composed in blank verse rather than prose, Carole Satyamurti’s English retelling covers all eighteen books of the Mahabharata. This new version masterfully captures the beauty, excitement, and profundity of the original Sanskrit poem as well as its magnificent architecture and extraordinary scope.

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ISBN:	0393352498 (ISBN13: 9780393352498)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Ted Hughes Award Nominee for Shortlist (2015)

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Easy to read. I am not sure if the blank verse made it any easier. I haven't read any other versions of Mahabharata so I am not sure how this compares. The Mahabharata itself is such a complex piece with narratives inside narratives inside narratives that I am still undecided what I make of it. Although I was aware of the overall story before I read it, I was unaware of the complexities of the characters involved. It is refreshing to see that a tale of such religious importance does not have

160220: reading some about how to interpret the bhagavad gita as metaphor, rather than simple argument for war, think of it as krishna (lord) explains right and wrong, as something in everyone that must be fought. in arjuna for example...301216: 'whatever is found here may be found somewhere else, but what is not found here is found nowhere else' on the mahabharata...everything about this cultural, religious, philosophical epic is the essence of India, is authored by and concerns, in plot and

Beautiful. The Mahabharata tells the story of a war in Bronze-Age India set in motion by the gods, a war within a royal family of demigods and impossibly skilled warriors. The plot sounds like the Iliad's, and superficially it is, but the story as a whole feels much different from the Homeric epics: the characters are kinder; the magic is more prevalent, more real; the violence is still present, but even though the story is about the lead-up to and result of the war, it isn't the focus of the

Very fun and readable version of the ancient Indian epic. The glossary at the back is extremely useful in keeping the many many characters straight.There is one point when the author of this version doesn't quite hit the mark and that is in depicting the action of the Kurukshetra war itself. It got repetitive at times. (Fortunately the war itself isn't the entirety of the book of the Bharatas)This is my first reading of any form of the Mahabharata so I can't comment on whether it is "the best

I have no plan when I'll finish this book. However, among many English versions of the mahabharata that I'm reading. This is the first one that I think off whenever I have free time and would like to go deeply into the world of this Indian epic. Comparing to other English versions, this is the shorter one, but its beautiful and easy-to-understand language attracting me. This is my first review, and sorry for my English, it's not my native language.

"What is found in the poem I have recited--concerning dharma, riches and enjoyment, as well as the path to final liberation--may be found elsewhere. But anything it does not contain will be found nowhere." MIMESIS OF SUBTLETIES: Touching the Untouchable Dimension of RealityLike the Sun that seems to gloriously move from the east to the west and seems to slowly set on its nest at nightfall bequeathing a grandeur sight of colors for all to see just minutes before completely evaporating in

This is the version of the Mahabharata that I would recommend to those not previously familiar with it, or for those who want a nice, poetic version of the epic. The Mahabharata itself is, in translation, thousands of pages long, and contains within it several entire treatises and other works including the Bhagavad Gita, elaborations on governance, and an abridged Ramayana. It is therefore necessary for an single volume version of the Mahabharata to be an abridgment, adaptation, or some sort of