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description: Astonishing. . . . [Satyamurtis Mahabharata ] brings [the] past alive . . . as though it were a novel in finely crafted verse.Vinay Dharwadker Originally composed approximately two thousand years ago the Mahabharata tells the story of a royal dynasty descended from gods whose feud over their kingdom results in a devastating war. But it contains much more than conflict. An epic masterpiece of huge sweep and magisterial power a hundred times more interesting than the Iliad and the Odyssey  writes Wendy Doniger in the introduction the Mahabharata is a timeless work that evokes a world of myth passion and warfare while exploring eternal questions of duty love and spiritual freedom. A seminal Hindu text which includes the Bhagavad Gita  it is also one of the most important and influential works in the history of world civilization. Innovatively composed in blank verse rather than prose Carole Satyamurtis English retelling covers all eighteen books of the Mahabharata . This new version masterfully captures the beauty excitement and profundity of the original Sanskrit poem as well as its magnificent architecture and extraordinary scope. Map
language: English
title: Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company