{"product_id":"9780226846477","title":"Tales of Ancient India","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"This admirably produced and well-translated volume of stories from the Sanskrit takes the Western reader into one of the Golden Ages of India. . . . The world in which the tales are set is one which placed a premium upon slickness and guile as aids to success. . . . Merchants, aristocrats, Brahmins, thieves and courtesans mingle with vampires, demi-gods and the hierarchy of heaven in a series of lively or passionate adventures. The sources of the individual stories are clearly indicated; the whole treatment is scholarly without being arid.\"—The Times Literary Supplement \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fourteen tales from India, newly translated with a terse and vibrant effectiveness. These tales will appeal to any reader who enjoys action, suspense, characterization, and suspension of disbelief in the supernatural.\"—The Personalist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52251528364343,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":178.79,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/3548\/7543\/files\/9780226846477-1.jpg?v=1784954713","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.my\/products\/9780226846477","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Malaysia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}