{"product_id":"until-the-lions-echoes-from-the-mahabharata-paperback","title":"Until the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarthika Nair\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA dazzling and eloquent reworking of the Mahabharata, one of South Asia's best-loved epics, through nineteen peripheral voices. With daring poetic forms, Karthika Na r breathes new life into this ancient epic.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKarthika Na r refracts the epic Mahabharata through the voices of nameless soldiers, outcast warriors and handmaidens as well as abducted princesses, tribal queens, and a gender-shifting god. As peripheral figures and silent catalysts take center stage, we get a glimpse of lives and stories buried beneath the dramas of god and nation, heroics and victory - of the lives obscured by myth and history, all too often interchangeable.\u003ci\u003e Until the Lions\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic, poetic tour de force. It reveals the most intimate threads of desire, greed, and sacrifice in this foundational epic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrench-Indian, poet-dance producer\/curator, Karthika Naïr is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Honey Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet and published in English, French, German and Bangla. \u003ci\u003eUntil the Lions: Echoes from the Mahabharata\u003c\/i\u003e, her reimagining of the Mahabharata in multiple voices, won the 2015 Tata Literature Live! Award for Book of the Year (Fiction). Her latest book is the collaborative \u003ci\u003eOver and Under Ground in Mumbai \u0026amp; Paris\u003c\/i\u003e, a travelogue in verse, written with Mumbai-based poet Sampurna Chattarji, and illustrated by Joëlle Jolivet and Roshni Vyam. Naïr was also the principal scriptwriter of the multiple-award-winning \u003ci\u003eDESH\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), choreographer Akram Khan's dance solo; its family show-version; \u003ci\u003eChotto Desh\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and \u003ci\u003eUntil the Lions\u003c\/i\u003e, Khan's adaptation of one of the chapters of her book. As a dance enabler, her closest association has been with Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Damien Jalet as executive producer of works like \u003ci\u003eThree Spells, Babel (Words), Puz\/zle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLes Médusés\u003c\/i\u003e, and as co-founder of Cherkaoui's company, Eastman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 290\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769873072416,"sku":"9781939810366","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/885f9fdeac57ffbbdda0be4a0ba5d732.webp?v=1780358798","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/until-the-lions-echoes-from-the-mahabharata-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}