The Four Hundred Songs of War and Wisdom
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (616 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231115636 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 436 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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Hart and Hank Heifet'z most successful collaboration to date. (Martha Ann Selby Journal of Asian Studies) . Eminent scholar George L. (Kokila Ravi Contemporary South Asia)This unique translation is undoubtedly George L. Hart and gifted poet Hank Heifetz have transcreated for English readers the ancient Tamil classicPurananuru, a compilation of poems composed about two thousand years ago by more than a hundred and fifty poets While accurately capturing the quintessential beauty of poetic Tamil, the authors successfully evoke an authentic aura of the culture, geography, glimpses of history, and everyday life of the ancient Tamils
"A doorway to an ancient world" according to renuka kumarasamy. George Hart and Hank Heifetz transport us in time to a fascinating ancient Tamil world of honor and valor. As a Tamil who knows Modern Tamil, but does not understand Classical Tamil too well, reading the translation and then going back to the originals helped me gain better insight and understanding of the originals. Wish the originals were printed alongside the translation!!. The finest poetical skills tempered by exacting scholarship! Jethro Dumont Hart & Heifetz again prove that you don't have to be a dried up, passionless writer to generate fine scholarship. The translations are flawless, retaining all the grace, passion, and subtle flavor of the originals. Poetry has never been so beautiful or so bloody. A haunting loveliness combined with a window the steals an uncompromising glance at the capriciousness and creativety of a forgotten age. If your heart can bare such a relentless look into South India's forgotten past, you must read this book. An. Awsome !! Awsome !! Awsome !! I got this book from one of my friend and the translation was simply superb as it's original version. I have gone through the original version long back. I would say this authors George & Hank should pass this to Hollywood movie makers. If this would be taken as Hollywood movie just like Gladiator, it would be another block buster. Marketing of this book is not so good. I give four stars.
It faces the world as a great and unsolved mystery, delving into living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the changing nature of existence.To this hidden gem of world literature George L. It is thus a unique testament to pre-Aryan India.Beyond its importance for understanding the development of South Asia's history, culture, religion, and linguistics, the Purananuru is a great work of literature, reflecting accurately and profoundly the life of southern India 2,000 years ago. Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. This anthology of four hundred poems by more than 150 poets between the first and third centuries CE in old Tamilthe literary language of ancient Tamilnaduwas composed before Aryan influence had penetrated the south. Hart and Hank Heifetz add a helpful appendix, an annotated bibliography, and an excellent introduction describing the work and placing it in its social and historical context.