Ka
By: Roberto Calasso
Edition: Nuova ed. riv. e illustrada.
Series: Biblioteca Adelphi -- 325
Publisher: Adelphi
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Milano
Language: ita
Number of pages: 532
Copyright date: 1996
Description: An anthology of Indian myths in which gods and humans take part in fantastic events, from which morals are drawn. In one story, a king's wife copulates with a dead horse, another tells who created Death. By an Italian writer, author of The Marriage of Cadmus and Harmony.
Notes: Third novel of a work in progress, the other volumes of which are: La rovina di Kasch (1983) and Le nozze di Cadmo e Armonia (1988).