"A giddy invasion of stories--brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful." -- The New York Times Book Review
"So brilliant that you can't look at it anymore--and you can't look at anything else. . . . No one will read it without reward."
-- The Boston Globe
With the same narrative fecundity and imaginative sympathy he brought to his acclaimed retelling of the Greek myths, Roberto Calasso plunges Western readers into the mind of ancient India. He begins with a mystery: Why is the most important god in the Rg Veda, the oldest of India's sacred texts, known by a secret name--"Ka," or Who?
What ensues is not an explanation, but an unveiling. Here are the stories of the creation of mind and matter; of the origin of Death, of the first sexual union and the first parricide. We learn why Siva must carry his father's skull, why snakes have forked tongues, and why, as part of a certain sacrifice, the king's wife must copulate with a dead horse. A tour de force of scholarship and seduction, Ka is irresistible.
"Passage[s] of such ecstatic insight and cross-cultural synthesis--simply, of such beauty."-- The New York Review of Books
"All is spectacle and delight, and tiny mirrors reflecting human foibles are set into the weave,turning this retelling into the stuff of literature." -- The New Yorker
"The very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written...A magnificent reading of Hindu texts. Its power arises in part through strong, vivid writing and in part through stunning, unexpected metaphors."
--Wendy Doniger, The New Republic
"Magnificent...A moving, exhillarating, extraordinary book...An astonishing synthesis of myths and legends, philosophical inquiry, and speculative narrative"
--Shashi Tharoor, Washington Post Book World
"A scintillatingly challenging book...Its opening sentences are as startling as any in all of literature."
--Thomas McGonigle, Los Angeles Times
"All is spectacle and delight, and -tiny mirrors reflecting human foibles are set into the weave, turning this retelling into the stuff of literature...Calasso's erudition and his capacity for invention appear to be limitless."
--The New Yorker
"To read Ka is to experience a giddy invasion of stories--brilliant, enigmatic, troubling, outrageous, erotic, beautiful."
--Sunil Khilnani, New York Times Book Review
"A buoyant, expansive narrative that captures, with earthy vigor, scrupulous scholarship, and epic breadth, the Indian cultural ethos."
-- Kirkus Reviews
etc.
在DA上的印度神话题材画得到了真正的印度教徒的评价,他指出我梵文里的一个错误,我很惶恐地回应,感谢他指正错误,并且道歉说因为缺乏背景知识,错误在所难免。 他回答说:“well your depictions are what you feel about the subject. it doesnt have to be the same as the...
评分在DA上的印度神话题材画得到了真正的印度教徒的评价,他指出我梵文里的一个错误,我很惶恐地回应,感谢他指正错误,并且道歉说因为缺乏背景知识,错误在所难免。 他回答说:“well your depictions are what you feel about the subject. it doesnt have to be the same as the...
评分在DA上的印度神话题材画得到了真正的印度教徒的评价,他指出我梵文里的一个错误,我很惶恐地回应,感谢他指正错误,并且道歉说因为缺乏背景知识,错误在所难免。 他回答说:“well your depictions are what you feel about the subject. it doesnt have to be the same as the...
评分在DA上的印度神话题材画得到了真正的印度教徒的评价,他指出我梵文里的一个错误,我很惶恐地回应,感谢他指正错误,并且道歉说因为缺乏背景知识,错误在所难免。 他回答说:“well your depictions are what you feel about the subject. it doesnt have to be the same as the...
评分在DA上的印度神话题材画得到了真正的印度教徒的评价,他指出我梵文里的一个错误,我很惶恐地回应,感谢他指正错误,并且道歉说因为缺乏背景知识,错误在所难免。 他回答说:“well your depictions are what you feel about the subject. it doesnt have to be the same as the...
这本书有一种魔力,能轻易地把我拉入一个完全不同的世界。我常常在通勤的路上阅读,却感觉自己已经身处书中所描绘的某个古老的小镇,或是那个充满奇幻色彩的国度。作者对于细节的关注令人惊叹,从人物的衣着打扮,到他们所处的环境,甚至是他们口中的俚语,都刻画得栩栩如生。这种沉浸式的阅读体验,让我常常忘记了时间的流逝,也忘记了自己身在何处。故事的情节跌宕起伏,充满了意想不到的反转,每次当我以为我已经猜到接下来会发生什么的时候,作者总能给我一个惊喜。他善于设置悬念,将读者牢牢地吸引在故事之中,让人迫不及待地想知道结局。然而,这本书的魅力并不仅仅在于其情节的精彩,更在于其对人性的深刻洞察。作者笔下的人物,无论好坏,都显得格外真实,他们有自己的优点和缺点,有自己的挣扎和选择,这些都让读者能够产生共鸣。我尤其喜欢书中对于友谊和爱情的描绘,那种真挚的情感,让人感动不已。
评分读这本书,就像是经历了一场心灵的洗礼。作者的文字功底深厚,语言朴实却富有力量,能够触及人心最柔软的地方。故事的主题发人深省,探讨了生命、成长、失去与希望等一系列深刻的议题。我常常在阅读的过程中,停下来思考书中传递的价值观,以及这些价值观如何与我自己的生活相契合。书中关于勇气和坚持的部分,尤其让我印象深刻。面对困境,主人公并没有选择放弃,而是选择了迎难而上,这种坚韧不拔的精神,给了我很大的鼓舞。此外,书中对于情感的处理也非常细腻,无论是亲情、友情还是爱情,都被描绘得有血有肉,感人至深。我常常会被主人公的喜怒哀乐所牵动,为他们的遭遇感到心痛,也为他们的幸福感到欣慰。读完这本书,我感觉自己对生活有了更深的理解,也对未来充满了更多的希望。
评分翻开这本书,我就被一股扑面而来的熟悉感笼罩了。不是那种对故事内容的预知,而是一种对作者叙事风格的天然亲近。他擅长描绘那种细致入微的情感波动,每一个人物的内心活动都如同水面下的暗流,虽然表面平静,却暗藏着汹涌的思绪。我尤其喜欢他对于场景的刻画,不是那种华丽的辞藻堆砌,而是用最朴素的语言,勾勒出最鲜活的画面。读到某个片段时,我甚至能闻到空气中淡淡的草木香,感受到阳光穿过树叶洒下的斑驳光影。这种身临其境的体验,让我觉得我不是一个旁观者,而是亲身经历着书中人物的生活。故事的节奏把握得也很好,有令人屏息的悬念,也有让人会心一笑的温情,更有引人深思的哲理。我常常会被某个小小的细节所打动,比如一个人无意间的一个眼神,一次不经意的微笑,这些微小的瞬间,却蕴含着丰富的情感信息,作者将其放大,让我们得以窥探人性的复杂与细腻。读完之后,心里久久不能平静,仿佛有一股暖流在胸腔中流淌,又仿佛多了一些对生活的感悟。
评分这本书就像是一杯醇厚的陈酿,越品越有味道。作者的文字风格非常独特,带着一种淡淡的忧伤,又充满了温情。他善于捕捉那些生活中的小细节,并将它们放大,展现出其中的不凡。我喜欢他对于人物心理的细腻刻画,每一个角色的动机和情感都显得合情合理,让人能够设身处地地去理解他们。故事的叙事方式也很吸引人,采用了多视角的方式,让读者能够从不同的角度去审视同一个事件,从而获得更全面的认识。这种叙事方式,也增加了故事的复杂性和深度。我尤其欣赏书中对于“选择”的探讨,主人公在面对人生中的各种选择时所表现出的犹豫、挣扎和最终的决定,都让人深思。这本书并没有提供简单的答案,而是鼓励读者自己去思考,去寻找属于自己的答案。读完之后,我感觉自己的内心得到了平静,也对生活有了更多的敬畏。
评分不得不说,这本书的想象力是天马行空的。作者构建了一个宏大而又精妙的世界观,让我大开眼界。从那些奇特的生物,到那些令人惊叹的魔法,再到那些深奥的哲学概念,无不展现出作者丰富的创造力。我尤其喜欢书中对于一些抽象概念的具象化处理,例如将“时间”或者“记忆”拟人化,让它们以一种全新的方式展现在读者面前。这种新颖的表达方式,既保留了原有的深邃,又增加了故事的可读性。情节设计也相当巧妙,线索众多却井然有序,前后呼应,让人在阅读的过程中,不断地被新的发现所吸引。我常常在阅读时,忍不住去推测接下来的发展,却又常常被作者巧妙的安排所颠覆。而且,这本书不仅仅是关于奇幻的冒险,更是在奇幻的外壳下,探讨了关于人性、社会和命运的深刻主题,这使得它具有了更长远的价值。
评分外国人写的印度神话另一种风味!
评分外国人写的印度神话另一种风味!
评分A fantastic book on Hindu mythology providing insight into today's embedded Indian culture. Shifting between storytelling and fact, this appeals to the scholar and casual reader alike.
评分A fantastic book on Hindu mythology providing insight into today's embedded Indian culture. Shifting between storytelling and fact, this appeals to the scholar and casual reader alike.
评分外国人写的印度神话另一种风味!
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息,本站不存储任何数据与内容,任何内容与数据均与本站无关,如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2026 qciss.net All Rights Reserved. 小哈图书下载中心 版权所有