Two prominent translators present the first complete English-language edition of one of India's greatest works of classical literature: the Purananuru. This anthology of four hundred poems by more than 150 poets between the first and third centuries C.E. delves into living and dying, despair, love, poverty, and the changing nature of existence.
George L. Hart is a professor in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Hank Heifetz is a poet and translator from the Spanish, Sanskrit, and Tamil.
"This translation of the Purananuru by a distinguished Tamil scholar and a noted poet is unlikely to be rivaled for a long time to come. It is a remarkable achievement, at once eloquent and immensely moving, and deserving of unstinting praise." - R. Parthasarathy, translator of The Tale of an Anklet
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