by Karl Gjellerup · Kessinger Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781430478249
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«The Pilgrim Kaminita: A Legendary Romance» is the romantic novel by Karl Gjellerup, published by Kessinger Publishing in paperback (316 pp., in English).
Kaminita journeys to the holy city of Benares and joins other travellers, sharing dangers such as bandits and wild animals. Along the way, she falls in love with Rama, another pilgrim. Set in a mythical India, the novel combines romance and adventure with spirituality, Hindu folklore and mythology, and includes encounters with gods and goddesses.
The author Karl Gjellerup was a Nobel Prize laureate in Literature. The work was originally published in 1906; this edition is a facsimile from Kessinger Publishing with a translation by John E. Logie.
For those seeking a classic romance novel with a spiritual backdrop and Indian mythology.
Karl Adolph Gjellerup was a Danish poet and novelist who together with his compatriot Henrik Pontoppidan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1917. He is associated with the Modern Breakthrough period of Scandinavian literature. He occasionally used the pseudonym Epigonos.
