{"product_id":"theft-of-a-tree-9780674245891","title":"Theft of a Tree","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eThe Theft of a Tree is a 1,000-year-old story of Krishna and his wife Satyabhama retold by the famous court poet of the Vijayanagara Empire, Nandi Timmana. It tells how Krishna stole the pārijāta, a wish-granting tree, from Indra to please his favorite wife, who must perform a rite to enjoy endless happiness. The poem's narrative unity is unprecedented in the literary tradition and prefigures the modern Telugu novel. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 544 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 11 February 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLegend has it that the sixteenth-century Telugu poet Nandi Timmana composed Theft of a Tree, or Pārijātāpaharaṇamu, which he based on a popular millennium-old tale, to help the wife of Krishnadevaraya, king of the south Indian Vijayanagara Empire, win back her husband's affections.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheft of a Tree recounts how Krishna stole the pārijāta, a wish-granting tree, from the garden of Indra, king of the gods. Krishna does so to please his favorite wife, Satyabhama, who is upset when he gifts his chief queen a single divine flower. After battling Indra, Krishna plants the tree for Satyabhama—but she must perform a rite temporarily relinquishing it and her husband to enjoy endless happiness. The poem's narrative unity, which was unprecedented in the literary tradition, prefigures the modern Telugu novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheft of a Tree is presented here in the Telugu script alongside the first English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 592g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 142 x 211 x 31 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780674245891\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nandi Timmana","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44098289107194,"sku":"9780674245891","price":23.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1646172206343_book.jpg?v=1646919931","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/theft-of-a-tree-9780674245891","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}