A Carnival of Parting

by Ann Grodzins Gold

Book Overview

Madhu Natisar Nath is a Rajasthani farmer with no formal schooling. He is also a singer, a musician, and a storyteller. At the center of A Carnival of Parting are Madhu Nath's oral performances of two linked tales about the legendary Indian kings, Bharthari of Ujjain and Gopi Chand of Bengal. Both characters, while still in their prime, leave thrones and families to be initiated as yogis--a process rich in adventure and melodrama, one that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520075358
• ISBN13: 9780520075351
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"