Godsong
Author: Majmudar, Amit
ISBN: 9780525435297
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 30 Mar 2021
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback--a fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet.
Plt;bPgt;A fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Born in the United States into a secularized Hindu family, Amit Majmudar puzzled over the many religious traditions on offer, and found that the Bhagavad Gita had much to teach him with its Pquot;song of multiplicities.Pquot; Chief among them is that Pquot;its own assertions arenP#39;t as important as the relationships between its characters . . . The Gita imagined a relationship in which the soul and God are equalsPquot;; it is, he believes, Pquot;the greatest poem of friendship . . . in any language.Pquot; His verse translation captures the many tones and strategies Krishna uses with Arjuna--strict and berating, detached and philosophical, tender and personable. Pquot;Listening guidesPquot; to each section follow the main text, and expand in accessible terms on the text and what is happening between the lines. Plt;iPgt;GodsongPlt;/iPgt; is an instant classic in the field, from a poet of skill, fine intellect, and--perhaps most important--devotion.
ISBN: 9780525435297
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 30 Mar 2021
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperback--a fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet.
Plt;bPgt;A fresh, strikingly immediate and elegant verse translation of the classic, with an introduction and helpful guides to each section, by the rising American poet.Plt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Born in the United States into a secularized Hindu family, Amit Majmudar puzzled over the many religious traditions on offer, and found that the Bhagavad Gita had much to teach him with its Pquot;song of multiplicities.Pquot; Chief among them is that Pquot;its own assertions arenP#39;t as important as the relationships between its characters . . . The Gita imagined a relationship in which the soul and God are equalsPquot;; it is, he believes, Pquot;the greatest poem of friendship . . . in any language.Pquot; His verse translation captures the many tones and strategies Krishna uses with Arjuna--strict and berating, detached and philosophical, tender and personable. Pquot;Listening guidesPquot; to each section follow the main text, and expand in accessible terms on the text and what is happening between the lines. Plt;iPgt;GodsongPlt;/iPgt; is an instant classic in the field, from a poet of skill, fine intellect, and--perhaps most important--devotion.
