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Item Details
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THE SOUND OF THE KISS, OR THE STORY THAT MUST NEVER BE TOLD
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| By: |
David Dean Shulman (Trans), Pingali Suranna, Velcheru Narayana Rao (Trans) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£65.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0231125968 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780231125963 |
| Publisher: |
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 2002 |
| Series: |
Translations from the Asian Classics |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Translated from: |
Telugu |
| Description: |
The story of a young courtesan who falls in love with the most handsome man in the universe and who overhears him speaking of a mysterious person whose story must never be told. Burning with curiosity and desire, she ventures to the god Krishna's palace where much intrigue and adventure ensue. |
| Synopsis: |
Suranna recounts the story of a young courtesan who falls in love with the most handsome man in the universe and overhears him speaking of a mysterious person whose story must never be told. Burning with curiosity and desire, she ventures to the god Krishna's palace, where much intrigue and adventure ensue. The Sound of the Kiss is considered by some to be the first novel written in South Asia, and the translation of this classic fills a gap in the literature of the East. Western scholars have tended to ignore Telugu literature, from the region now known as Andhra Pradesh, in favor of Sanskrit writings. But this sixteenth-century masterpiece, an adventure tale similar in structure to the Arabian Nights, explodes preconceived ideas about early South Indian literature - for example, that the characters lack interiority, that the language is formulaic, and that Telugu texts are mere translations of earlier Sanskrit works. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Columbia University Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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