The Quartet of Causeries

The Quartet of Causeries have been handed down as a collection of the most ancient monologue farces in classical Sanskrit. Though stylistically divergent, they share a common plot: the hero is an inept, bungling procurer, who mismanages his client's love-affairs to an unexpectedly successful completion. A wide spectrum of India's urban society is scandalized, from respected judges to clumsy poetasters, from hypocritical Buddhist monks to greedy madams, from spoiled scions of wealthy houses to criminal low-life.Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC FoundationFor more on this title and other titles in the Clay Sanskrit series, please visit http: //www.claysanskritlibrary.org

• | Author: Shyamilaka
• | Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
• | Publication Date: Aug 01, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 508 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0814719783
• | ISBN-13: 9780814719787