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Bhagavad Gita. A New Translation
by Mitchell, Stephen (Translator)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine Condition/fine
- ISBN 10
- 060960550X
- ISBN 13
- 9780609605509
- Seller
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Sisters, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harmony Books, 2000. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine Condition/fine. Jacket design by Mary Schuck. Octavo, 221 pp. -- Jacket is not price-clipped. Lovely copy of the First Edition, First Printing (So Stated on the copyright page). Also has full number line, 10987654321.
Synopsis
Stephen Mitchell is widely known for his ability to make ancient masterpieces thrillingly new, to step in where many have tried before and create versions that are definitive for our time. His celebrated version of the Tao Te Ching is the most popular edition in print, and his translations of Jesus, Rilke, Genesis, and Job have won the hearts of readers and critics alike. Stephen Mitchell now brings to the Bhagavad Gita his gift for breathing new life into sacred texts.The Bhagavad Gita is universally acknowledged as one of the world's literary and spiritual masterpieces. It is the core text of the Hindu tradition and has been treasured by American writers from Emerson and Thoreau to T. S. Eliot, who called it the greatest philosophical poem after the Divine Comedy. There have been more than two hundred English translations of the Gita, including many competent literal versions, but not one of them is a superlative literary text in its own right.Now all that has changed. Stephen Mitchell's Bhagavad Gita sings with the clarity, the vigor, and the intensity of the original Sanskrit. It will, as William Arrowsmith said of Mitchell's translation of The Sonnets to Orpheus, "instantly make every other rendering obsolete."From the Hardcover edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lonesome Water Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8712
- Title
- Bhagavad Gita. A New Translation
- Author
- Mitchell, Stephen (Translator)
- Illustrator
- Jacket design by Mary Schuck
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine Condition
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 060960550X
- ISBN 13
- 9780609605509
- Publisher
- Harmony Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Modern Books, Nonfiction, World Religions, Asia, India, Bhagavad Gita, Classics, Hindu, Hinduism, philosophy, english translations. theology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
Lonesome Water Books
We accept: Most Credit Cards, Paypal. Payment in U.S. Currency Only. If you would like to order direct call 541-719-8216. 11am-5pm Pacific Time. Returnable for any reason within 14 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Lonesome Water Books
Biblio member since 2003
Sisters, Oregon
About Lonesome Water Books
We are a brick and mortar store located in Beautiful Sisters, Oregon. We have a stock of approximately 10,000 books, 80 percent of which are hardbound. We also carry old prints (decorative and original) and maps.
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