Ka Av Roberto Calasso

<p><b>''To read <i>Ka</i> is to experience a giddy invasion of stories - brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful'' <i>The New York Times</i></b><br><br>''Who?'' - or ''<i>ka'' </i>- is the question that runs through Roberto Calasso''s retelling of the stories of the minds and gods of India; the primordial question that continues to haunt human existence. From the <i>Rigveda</i> to the <i>Upanishads</i>, the <i>Mahabharata </i>to the life of Buddha, this book delves into the corpus of classical Sanskrit literature to re-imagine the ancient Indian myths and how they resonate through space and time.<br><br>''The very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written'' Wendy Doniger<br><br>''Dazzling, complex, utterly original ... <i>Ka</i> is his masterpiece'' <i>Sunday Times</i></p>