The Quartet of Causeries

By Csaba Dezso, Somadeva Vasudeva, Author Shyamilaka

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 Foundation
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814719783
• ISBN13: 9780814719787
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Clay Sanskrit
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.4" x 6.4"