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The Quartet of Causeries
Contributor(s): Shyamilaka (Author), Vara-Ruchi (Author), Shudraka (Author)
ISBN: 0814719783     ISBN-13: 9780814719787
Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
OUR PRICE:   $23.75  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: August 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval
- Drama
Dewey: 891.22
LCCN: 2009004559
Series: Clay Sanskrit Library
Physical Information: 1" H x 4.4" W x 6.4" (0.75 lbs) 508 pages
 
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The Quartet of Causeries have been handed down as a collection of the most ancient monologue farces in classical Sanskrit. Though stylistically divergent, they share a common plot: the hero is an inept, bungling procurer, who mismanages his client's love-affairs to an unexpectedly successful completion. A wide spectrum of India's urban society is scandalized, from respected judges to clumsy poetasters, from hypocritical Buddhist monks to greedy madams, from spoiled scions of wealthy houses to criminal low-life.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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Contributor Bio(s): Datta, Shudraka Shyamilaka Vara: -