· Now we can also turn for answers to a most remarkable new book, Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India (Knopf, ), by Italian writer-publisher Roberto Calasso, translated by Tim Parks. The “stories” in Ka are drawn from a variety of both shruti and smriti sources. Some are familiar, such as the “churning of the ocean” by the gods and demons to extract the elixir of immortality, or Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins. It is your agreed own mature to put on an act reviewing habit. in the course of guides you could enjoy now is ka stories of the mind and gods india roberto calasso below. Ka-Roberto Calasso In a collection of epic cyclical stories woven together, the author explores the myths and legends of India, chonicling the exotic worlds of the Devas. My thoughts on the book "Ka Stories of the Mind and Gods of India by Roberto Calasso" I'd give it a 3/5 stars, reasons below. 1. It puts HEAVY emphasis on the male deities as opposed to the goddesses (hardly any mention of the goddesses, for example, Kali has ONE sentence about her, no mention of Durga, Lakshmi has ONE phase (not even a full sentence) about her) /5.
Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India by Roberto Calasso. I was hoping for a book that would take me through some of the stories of Hindu mythology, an area in which my knowledge is woefully inadequate, being limited to hazy childhood memories. Recipients of the Bagutta Prize. A tour de force of scholarship calqsso seduction, Ka is. Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India (Vintage International) Kindle Edition by Roberto Calasso (Author) › Visit Amazon's Roberto Calasso Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. Roberto. The illustrations that head each chapter of Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India by Roberto Calasso (Knopf, $) reveal a lot about this idiosyncratic retelling of Indian mythology and theology. The images don't come directly from the vast treasury of Indian religious art; they're European redrawings of Indian motifs, culled from books published in Leiden and Paris and London in.
Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India. by. Roberto Calasso, Tim Parks (Goodreads Author) (Translator) · Rating details · ratings · 75 reviews. With the same narrative fecundity and imaginative sympathy he brought to his acclaimed retelling of the Greek myths, Roberto Calasso plunges Western readers into the mind of ancient India. Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India Roberto Calasso, Author, Tim Parks, Translator Alfred A. Knopf $ (p) ISBN More By and About This Author Fiction Book Review: Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of. With the same narrative fecundity and imaginative sympathy he brought to his acclaimed retelling of the Greek myths, Roberto Calasso plunges Western readers into the mind of ancient India. He begins with a mystery: Why is the most important god in the Rg Veda, the oldest of India's sacred texts, known by a secret name--"Ka," or Who?.
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