The Descent of the Sun: A Cycle of Birth (Forgotten Books) - Couverture souple

William Bain, Francis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1605066737 ISBN 13 : 9781605066738

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2008

Synopsis

Book Description:

The Descent of the Sun by F.W. Bain.

Table of Contents:

Publisher's Preface; Introduction; Sunset; An Evil Eye; Night; A Lotus Of The Day; By Beat Of Drum; An Eclipse Of The Sun; Inspiration; Nightwalker; A Lotus Of The Night; The Silver Swans; The Land Of The Lotus; Recognition; Separation; The Lord Of The Beasts; The Other Body; A Light In Darkness; Illusion; The Dead Of Night; Before Dawn; Dawn; Dawn

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

About the Author:

"Francis William Bain (1863 - 1940) was a British writer of fantasy stories that he claimed were translated from Sanskrit. The first of these was A Digit of the Moon (1898), which Bain claimed was his translation of the eighth part of sixteen of a Sanskrit manuscript given to him by a brahmin. In the story, the king Suryakanta falls in love with the wise and beautiful princess Anangaraga, who will marry only the suitor who asks her a question she cannot answer. The king, with his clever friend Rasakosha, sets off to win the hand of the princess. During Bain's life, argument raged about whether the story was truly a translation or whether Bain had written it himself. A contemporary review said, in part: Though palpably a pretence, they are graceful fancies, and might as well have appeared for what they really are instead of masquerading as "translations". No Hindu, unless of this generation and under foreign influence, ever conceived these stories. . . . Moveover, they are of a strict propriety, whereas original Hindu love stories would put Rabelais's ghost to the blush. The book contains numerous footnotes referring to Sanskrit puns and wordplay that the author claimed to have been unable to render in English. A Digit of the Moon was followed by a number of other stories in the same mode: Syrup of the Bees, Bubbles of the Foam, Essence of the Dusk, Ashes of a God, Mine of Faults, Heifer of the Dawn, and others. Bain was for a number of years a fellow of All Souls College at Oxford, and then a professor of History in the Deccan College of Pune, in British India, until his retirement in 1919." (Quote from wikipedia.org)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1605066737
• ISBN 13: 9781605066738
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 94
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Forgotten Books; https://www.forgottenbooks.com/en; ; 9 Culley Court; Peterborough; Cambridgeshire; PE2 6WA; Royaume-Uni
• Personne responsable: non disponible