by Roberto Calasso · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788433908902
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«Ka» is the novel by Roberto Calasso published by Anagrama in paperback (464 pages, in Spanish).
The work explores the mythology and thought of ancient India through stories and reflections on the origin of the cosmos, destruction and the nature of the real. Calasso employs a complex and erudite style to combine tales of gods and heroes with abstract ideas, offering a personal and evocative reading of Indian culture.
It belongs to the Panorama de narrativas collection (no. 420) and the translation is by Edgardo Dobry. This edition was published in 1999.
For readers interested in philosophy, mythology and erudite literary narrative.
Roberto Calasso was an Italian writer and publisher. Apart from his mother tongue, Calasso was fluent in French, English, Spanish, German, Latin and ancient Greek. He also studied Sanskrit. He has been called "a literary institution of one". The fundamental thematic concept of his œuvre is the relationship between myth and the emergence of modern consciousness.
