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The Life of Harishchandra

Raghavanka

Translated by Vanamala Viswanatha

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$35.00 • £28.95 • €31.50

ISBN 9780674545663

Publication Date: 01/09/2017

688 pages

5-1/4 x 8 inches

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Vanamala Viswanatha is Visiting Professor at the School of Education, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India.

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Read The Hindu’s interview with translator Vanamala Viswanatha
At the blog of Chicago’s Seminary Co-op, read MCLI Editorial Board member Eliot Weinberger on how The Life of Harishchandra prefigures predominant tropes of modernist writing
At The Hindu, read Professor Viswanatha’s essay on the experience of translating Raghavanka’s classic work
Watch the Deccan Herald’s interview with Viswanatha
At the Murty Classical Library of India website, view a sample page spread, read a statement by the series editor, find links to press coverage, and more »

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