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C'erano una volta due bambini: un futuro re e un povero bramino. I due crebbero insieme nella scuola di un grande saggio, ma venne il giorno in cui dovettero separarsi tra le lacrime. Il futuro re fece allora una promessa: quando si fossero rincontrati, metà delle sue ricchezze sarebbero state dell'altro. Poi gli anni passarono, e quando gli amici si rincontrarono si scoprirono acerrimi nemici; e la promessa che entrambi ricordavano non venne mantenuta; e il seme della Grande Guerra fu gettato. Comincia così ...
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Il palazzo delle illusioni

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Overview

C'erano una volta due bambini: un futuro re e un povero bramino. I due crebbero insieme nella scuola di un grande saggio, ma venne il giorno in cui dovettero separarsi tra le lacrime. Il futuro re fece allora una promessa: quando si fossero rincontrati, metà delle sue ricchezze sarebbero state dell'altro. Poi gli anni passarono, e quando gli amici si rincontrarono si scoprirono acerrimi nemici; e la promessa che entrambi ricordavano non venne mantenuta; e il seme della Grande Guerra fu gettato. Comincia così l'epopea del Mahabarata , l'antico poema che tra mito e favola, tra racconto d'amore e trattato filosofico condensa la millenaria cultura indiana in un pantheon unico di eroi: da Krishna, il dio incarnato, a Vyasa, il profeta che ha già visto e scritto ogni cosa; da Dhri, nato dal fuoco per vendicare il vecchio padre, a Karna, eroe invincibile per gli uomini ma condannato dal suo oscuro passato. Un tesoro di storie ancora poco conosciuto che Chitra Divakaruni torna a raccontare per i lettori occidentali. È però nel ritratto della principessa Panchaali, causa prima e testimone privilegiata del conflitto, che la sapienza narrativa dell'autrice tocca il suo apice: scegliendo di affidare il racconto a una donna - alla donna più amata e odiata della mitologia indiana - l'autrice ci regala infatti un punto di vista nuovo e sorprendente su un tema antico come il mondo, facendo riemergere d'incanto tutta la freschezza e l'attualità del poema e restituendogli il suo immenso potere di stupire, commuovere, divertire. «Un libro magico... Con la sua prosa poetica e densa di lirismo, Chitra Divakaruni riesce a comunicare speranza senza offrire false rassicurazioni, mostrando come l'identità - tanto quella individuale quanto quella condivisa - sia modellata in ugual misura da ciò che si perde e da ciò che si crea». San Francisco Chronicle
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9788858403297
  • Publisher: EINAUDI
  • Publication date: 10/7/2010
  • Language: Italian
  • Sold by: GIULIO EINAUDI EDITORE - EBKS
  • Format: eBook
  • File size: 2 MB

Meet the Author

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Award-winning author and poet Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni was born in India and came to the United States at 19. She put herself through Berkeley doing odd jobs, from working at an Indian boutique to slicing bread in a bakery -- nowadays, she's enjoying the raves for her latest novel, Queen of Dreams.

Good To Know

Some outtakes from our interview with Divakaruni:

"During graduate school, I used to work in the kitchen of the International House at the University of California, Berkeley. My favorite task was slicing Jell-O."

"I love Chinese food, but my family hates it. So when I'm on book tour I always eat Chinese!"

"I almost died on a pilgrimage trip to the Himalayas some years back -- but I got a good story out of it. The story is in The Unknown Errors of Our Lives -- let's see if readers can figure out which one it is!"

"Writing is so central to my life that it leaves little time/desire/need for other interests.. I do a good amount of work with domestic violence organizations -- I'm on the advisory board of Asians Against Domestic Violence in Houston. I feel very strongly about trying to eradicate domestic violence from our society."

"My favorite ways to unwind are to do yoga, read, and spend time with my family."

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    1. Hometown:
      Houston, Texas, and San Jose, California
    1. Date of Birth:
      July 29, 1956
    2. Place of Birth:
      Kolkata, India
    1. Education:
      B.A. in English, Kolkata University 1976; Ph.D. in English, University of California at Berkeley, 1984
    2. Website:
      http://www.chitradivakaruni.com/

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