{"product_id":"ka-roberto-calasso-9780679775478","title":"Ka: Stories of the Mind and Gods of India","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn \"the very best book about Hindu mythology that anyone has ever written\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic)\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCalasso plunges Western readers into the mind of ancient India. He begins with a mystery: Why is the most important god in the Rg Veda, the oldest of India's sacred texts, known by a secret name--\"Ka,\" or Who?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat ensues is not an explanation, but an unveiling. Here are the stories of the creation of mind and matter; of the origin of Death, of the first sexual union and the first parricide. We learn why Siva must carry his father's skull, why snakes have forked tongues, and why, as part of a certain sacrifice, the king's wife must copulate with a dead horse. A tour de force of scholarship and seduction, \u003ci\u003e Ka\u003c\/i\u003e is irresistible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roberto Calasso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679775471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679775478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/02\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.94h x 5.32w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/21\/1999 pg. 78","brand":"Roberto Calasso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049089560831,"sku":"9780679775478","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82d15a44-c576-4439-b9d9-0fc1a0b5c638.jpg?v=1684999563","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ka-roberto-calasso-9780679775478","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}