U.R. Anantha Murthy (1932–2014)
Auteur de Samskara: A Rite for a Dead Man
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- Nom légal
- Ananthamurthy, Udupi Rajagopalacharya
- Date de naissance
- 1932-21-12
- Date de décès
- 2014-08-22
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- India
- Lieu de naissance
- Melige, Tirthahalli taluk, Shimoga District, Kingdom of Mysore
- Lieu du décès
- Bangalore, India
- Lieux de résidence
- Bangalore, India
- Études
- University of Mysore, India
University Of Birmingham, England, UK - Professions
- vice chancellor
- Prix et distinctions
- Man Booker International Prize Finalist (2013)
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- Œuvres
- 13
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 406
- Popularité
- #59,889
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 3
- ISBN
- 26
- Langues
- 3
As the acharya whom the village turns to wrestles with the “correct” answer according to the religious and philosophical texts, more and more people are falling sick and dying: a plague has struck the area. On one hand, the issue is clear: do we, as a community, elevate form (rite and ritual) over substance (humanity)? On the other, our protagonist has his own personal issues. How good must one be? While the larger issues are clear, the story is so deeply embedded in expositions of classic texts (like the Veda) and Vedanta philosophy are to be very hard to follow at some points. It is, by all accounts, a world classic; the notes were generally helpful although I found it very difficult to follow some parts as Anantha Murthy has a weakness for introducing (and then dropping) obscure and arcane (to me, anyway) fine points of Brahmin obligations.… (plus d'informations)