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Parva (2009)

by S.L. Bhyrappa(Favorite Author)

4.05 of 5 Votes: 48

ISBN

0948724455 (ISBN13: 9780948724459)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Sahitya Akademi

review 1: ’Parva’ means ’Festival’ in Sanskrit. And it also means chapter or lesson...Parva uses monologue as a technique for the non-mythological retelling of the Mahabharata...It is written by acclaimed Kannada author S L Byrappa . I have read this book in two languages One in the language it was originally written Kannada and in english ... Dr. K. Raghavendra Rao’s translation is not only true to the topic, but also gives complete justice to the book.( i was afraid the original essence will be lost )In Parva very character is human, and every character is a complex character feeling a gamut of emotions be it jealousy, anger, forgiveness ...... The phathos the beauty ..... Pandavas fight amongst themselves as much as each of them introspects into their own lives and ... moretheir decisions, giving rise to several important questions of basis of the epic. There are no gods here;even Krishna is a human with great goodness ...Its philosophical depth, reason the geogrpahy and socio-cultural details all make it seem real ’Vamshavriksha’ ( ’The Uprooted’ in English, translated by Dr. Raghavendra Rao again..), ’Tabballiyu neenade Dharmashree are three other brillant books by him which i hope to reread ....(read them in college)
review 2: This is a FANTASTIC book on the Indian epic Mahabharat. While there is debate on whether this story is mythology or an actual event, the author has done a spectacular job of writing the epic in a believable, it-could-have-actually-happened way. The author spent decades in researching the actual customs/traditions in ancient India & has justified many actions/events outlined in the epic, that otherwise is regularly classified as fictional/godly.The epic is an important & revered book for the hindus, with many of the characters treated as demi-gods. The author has depicted every character as humans with strengths, weaknesses & vulnerabilitiy. This view made the author unpopular among the purists, the religious fundamentalists & those who felt offended that the demi-gods could be depcicted as human.I, personally enjoyed this version & put this book in the top 3 favorite books of all time.NOTE: The book goes into great detail on the epic. The depth & level of detail has deterred many, half way through the book. less

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