What Ten Young Men Did (Clay Sanskrit Library)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (564 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0814762069 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 651 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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Commentators have lambasted Dandin's heroes for their antiheroic, apparently random, escapades, while in fact the architecture of his plot reveals an elegant, instructive construction.What Ten Young Men Did is a coming-of-age novel from the seventh century CE. Each of the ten princes has several adventures on his quest to be reunited with the crown-prince. In combat and in the bedroom, ten individuals juggle virtue and vice on their heroic progress from adolescence to maturity. Dandin’s work is autobiographical in two senses: each of the young men narrates their personal experiences, while the author could not have written with such confident realism had he not had many of the same picaresque adventures in his native South India and beyond.Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit claysanskritlibrary. Variegated violence and sorcery figure in their exploits, but love affairs are even more prominent
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Very nice translation Jules L. White I found this translation quite nice. Also, the quality of this series is remarkable. I am planning to buy all of the volumes.