Ka - Couverture rigide

Calasso, Roberto

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0679451315 ISBN 13 : 9780679451310

Editeur : Vintage Books, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Calasso Roberto

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

It is the essence of Roberto Calasso's particular genius to have evolved a unique way of reconstructing the imaginative heart of some of the world's greatest cultures. In The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony it was the 'Greekness' of classical culture; in Ka he gives us the 'Indianness' of the mind of India, but in an Indian way. He does not describe or explain this mental world: he regenerates it through its stories and customs.

Who is Ka? And who is the immense eagle who asks this question, filling the sky, an elephant and a giant turtle in his claws? How can he be the child of woman? Who are these tiny folk he eats? The first impact of Ka is one of tremendous strangeness, bewilderment, disorientation. Slowly, however, the strange becomes familiar and - as Ka folds and enfolds the world of the Deva and the Seven Seers, of Siva, Brahma and Visnu, the wars of the Mahabharata, and finally the advent of the Buddha - we are amazed at our own recognition. These stories lie so close to the grain of our own experience that they confirm, or for the first time articulate, our own deepest perceptions about our condition.

Revue de presse :

Libro sobre mitología hindú. Ka es el nombre secreto de Prajapati, el Progenitor, aquel que dio origen a los treinta y tres dioses y a los innumerables hombres. Ka significa "¿Quién?", y es la última pregunta, la que se formula cuando todas las otras preguntas ya han sido formuladas.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Vintage Books
• Date d'édition: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0679451315
• ISBN 13: 9780679451310
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 464