Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata

by Karthika Naïr

Book Overview

A dazzling and eloquent reworking of the Mahabharata, one of South Asia's best-loved epics, through nineteen peripheral voices. With daring poetic forms, Karthika Na r breathes new life into this ancient epic.

Karthika Na r refracts the epic Mahabharata through the voices of nameless soldiers, outcast warriors and handmaidens as well as abducted princesses, tribal queens, and a gender-shifting god. As peripheral figures and silent catalysts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1939810361
• ISBN13: 9781939810366
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Archipelago Books
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.7"