Author: Shudraka
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9387625052
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A gripping satire of romance, betrayal and intrigue set in ancient India The Clay Toy-cart remains one of the foundational works of Sanskrit drama, having been performed numerous times around the world and even serving as the inspiration for Girish Karnad's highly acclaimed film Utsav. The story follows the fortunes of a rich and beautiful courtesan, Vasantasena, who falls in love with the handsome Charudatta, a former merchant who is now penniless. Although Charudatta is happily married, he is deeply drawn to Vasantasena. The two embark on a love affair that leads to some terrible complications and shocking reversals of fortune-involving violent crime as well as political rebellion-before matters are ingeniously resolved. Padmini Rajappa's lucid translation revitalizes this iconic play for contemporary readers while also shedding light on its unique place in the Sanskrit canon as well as the mystery shrouding the identity of its author.
The Clay Toy-Cart
Author: Shudraka
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9387625052
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A gripping satire of romance, betrayal and intrigue set in ancient India The Clay Toy-cart remains one of the foundational works of Sanskrit drama, having been performed numerous times around the world and even serving as the inspiration for Girish Karnad's highly acclaimed film Utsav. The story follows the fortunes of a rich and beautiful courtesan, Vasantasena, who falls in love with the handsome Charudatta, a former merchant who is now penniless. Although Charudatta is happily married, he is deeply drawn to Vasantasena. The two embark on a love affair that leads to some terrible complications and shocking reversals of fortune-involving violent crime as well as political rebellion-before matters are ingeniously resolved. Padmini Rajappa's lucid translation revitalizes this iconic play for contemporary readers while also shedding light on its unique place in the Sanskrit canon as well as the mystery shrouding the identity of its author.
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9387625052
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
A gripping satire of romance, betrayal and intrigue set in ancient India The Clay Toy-cart remains one of the foundational works of Sanskrit drama, having been performed numerous times around the world and even serving as the inspiration for Girish Karnad's highly acclaimed film Utsav. The story follows the fortunes of a rich and beautiful courtesan, Vasantasena, who falls in love with the handsome Charudatta, a former merchant who is now penniless. Although Charudatta is happily married, he is deeply drawn to Vasantasena. The two embark on a love affair that leads to some terrible complications and shocking reversals of fortune-involving violent crime as well as political rebellion-before matters are ingeniously resolved. Padmini Rajappa's lucid translation revitalizes this iconic play for contemporary readers while also shedding light on its unique place in the Sanskrit canon as well as the mystery shrouding the identity of its author.
The Mrichchakati; Or, The Toy Cart
Author: Śūdraka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The Mrichchakati, Or the Toy Cart, a Drama [in Ten Acts and in Prose and Verse] Translated from the Original Sanscrit by H. H. Wilson, Etc
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Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America
Author: Julian Montague
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226829855
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
A taxonomy we didn’t know we needed for identifying and cataloging stray shopping carts by artist and photographer Julian Montague. Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Where do they come from? Why are they there? Their complexity and history baffle even the most careful urban explorer. Thankfully, artist Julian Montague has created a comprehensive and well-documented taxonomy with The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America. Spanning thirty-three categories from damaged, fragment, and plow crush to plaza drift and bus stop discard, it is a tonic for times defined increasingly by rhetoric and media and less by the plain objects and facts of the real world. Montague’s incomparable documentation of this common feature of the urban landscape helps us see the natural and man-made worlds—and perhaps even ourselves—anew. First published in 2006 to great perplexity and acclaim alike, Montague’s book now appears in refreshed and expanded form. Told in an exceedingly dry voice, with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, it is both rigorous and absurd, offering a strangely compelling vision of how we approach, classify, and understand the environments around us. A new afterword sheds light on the origins of the project.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226829855
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
A taxonomy we didn’t know we needed for identifying and cataloging stray shopping carts by artist and photographer Julian Montague. Abandoned shopping carts are everywhere, and yet we know so little about them. Where do they come from? Why are they there? Their complexity and history baffle even the most careful urban explorer. Thankfully, artist Julian Montague has created a comprehensive and well-documented taxonomy with The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America. Spanning thirty-three categories from damaged, fragment, and plow crush to plaza drift and bus stop discard, it is a tonic for times defined increasingly by rhetoric and media and less by the plain objects and facts of the real world. Montague’s incomparable documentation of this common feature of the urban landscape helps us see the natural and man-made worlds—and perhaps even ourselves—anew. First published in 2006 to great perplexity and acclaim alike, Montague’s book now appears in refreshed and expanded form. Told in an exceedingly dry voice, with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, it is both rigorous and absurd, offering a strangely compelling vision of how we approach, classify, and understand the environments around us. A new afterword sheds light on the origins of the project.
The Toy Book
Author: Gil Asakawa
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
ISBN: 9780394580760
Category : Baby boom generation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A nostalgic celebration of some of the most popular toys of the baby-boom generation features illustrations of such treasures as Crayolas, Silly Putty, G.I. Joe, Barbie, Hula Hoops, and more
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
ISBN: 9780394580760
Category : Baby boom generation
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A nostalgic celebration of some of the most popular toys of the baby-boom generation features illustrations of such treasures as Crayolas, Silly Putty, G.I. Joe, Barbie, Hula Hoops, and more
The Toy Adventure
Author: Rachel Elliot
Publisher: Meadowside (Arlin)
ISBN: 9781781867501
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The toys in the playroom are a lively group of adventurers in this magical picture book story featuring bold illustrations and a strong storyline that kids and parents will both enjoy. It is ideal for beginning readers.
Publisher: Meadowside (Arlin)
ISBN: 9781781867501
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The toys in the playroom are a lively group of adventurers in this magical picture book story featuring bold illustrations and a strong storyline that kids and parents will both enjoy. It is ideal for beginning readers.
The Toy Collector
Author: James Gunn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819552X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A tragicomic novel about nostalgia, addiction, and 1970s action figures. The Toy Collector is a wickedly funny portrait of a young man who sells stolen pharmaceuticals to finance his growing addiction to memorabilia. An orderly at a Times Square hospital, he buys his toys at exorbitant prices, searching the familiar tacky plastic in a perverse effort to avoid adulthood. As the story switches from the make-believe world he creates with his childhood friends-populated by Scrunch-Em, Grow-Em Dinosaurs and toy robots-to the grown-up pleasures of sex, drugs and alcohol, James falls in and out of love, and stumbles through New York City in search of dubious redemption.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819552X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
A tragicomic novel about nostalgia, addiction, and 1970s action figures. The Toy Collector is a wickedly funny portrait of a young man who sells stolen pharmaceuticals to finance his growing addiction to memorabilia. An orderly at a Times Square hospital, he buys his toys at exorbitant prices, searching the familiar tacky plastic in a perverse effort to avoid adulthood. As the story switches from the make-believe world he creates with his childhood friends-populated by Scrunch-Em, Grow-Em Dinosaurs and toy robots-to the grown-up pleasures of sex, drugs and alcohol, James falls in and out of love, and stumbles through New York City in search of dubious redemption.
The Toy Cart
Author: Arthur Symons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Based on the Mrichchhakati of Sudraka.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Based on the Mrichchhakati of Sudraka.
Toy Car Collector's Guide
Author: Dana Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781574324587
Category : Motor vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dana Johnson, author of Matchbox Toys, 1947 to 2003, Fourth Edition, The Other Matchbox Toys, and Diecast Toys & Scale Models, has produced a revised edition of his popular Toy Car Collector's Guide. Newly updated and expanded, this second edition provides an alphabetical listing by brand of nearly 1,000 brands of cast iron, tinplate, diecast, slush mold, plastic, white metal, and other toy cars from around the world and through automotive history. An estimated 50,000 models are represented, including brief company profiles of every brand. Over 1,300 color photographs serve to greatly enhance the exhaustive text of this all-inclusive book, undoubtedly the most comprehensive on the market.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781574324587
Category : Motor vehicles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Dana Johnson, author of Matchbox Toys, 1947 to 2003, Fourth Edition, The Other Matchbox Toys, and Diecast Toys & Scale Models, has produced a revised edition of his popular Toy Car Collector's Guide. Newly updated and expanded, this second edition provides an alphabetical listing by brand of nearly 1,000 brands of cast iron, tinplate, diecast, slush mold, plastic, white metal, and other toy cars from around the world and through automotive history. An estimated 50,000 models are represented, including brief company profiles of every brand. Over 1,300 color photographs serve to greatly enhance the exhaustive text of this all-inclusive book, undoubtedly the most comprehensive on the market.
The Toy Fairy
Author: Stephanie Thatcher
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994100726
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is beautifully illustrated and offers discussion possibilities addressing selfishness or caring for others which makes it a great book to include in Values Education.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994100726
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is beautifully illustrated and offers discussion possibilities addressing selfishness or caring for others which makes it a great book to include in Values Education.