Ka

Roberto Calasso

first published 1996 Suhrkamp, 1999 hardcover 477 pages

Biblioteca Adelphi ;

Roberto Calasso narrates the birth of one of the world's great cultures: the formation of the mind of India. He doesn't explain or describe this mental world - he regenerates it through its epic cyclical stories and customs, until we no longer need to define it for ourselves because we have come to know what it is. So: Who is Ka? And who is the immense eagle asking the question, filling the sky, elephant and giant t...

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Ka. hardcover · 1999 · Suhrkamp · 477 pages · 9783518410677
Ka paperback · 1999 · Vintage · 464 pages · 9780099750710
Ka paperback · 1999 · Vintage · 464 pages · 9780679775478
Ka paperback · 1999 · Anagrama · 464 pages · 9788433908902
Ka edition · 1998 · Jonathan Cape · 443 pages
Ka hardcover · 1998 · Knopf · 443 pages
Ka edition · 1996 · Adelphi · 530 pages

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