Author: Pingali Suranna
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791482154
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Demon's Daughter (Prabhavati-pradyumnamu) is a sixteenth-century novel by the south Indian poet Pingali Suranna, originally written in Telugu, the language of present-day Andhra Pradesh. Suranna begins with a story from classical Hindu mythology in which a demon plans to overthrow the gods. Krishna's son Pradyumna is sent to foil the plot and must infiltrate the impregnable city of the demons; Krishna helps ensure his success by having a matchmaking goose cause Pradyumna to fall in love with the demon's daughter. The original story focuses on the ongoing war between gods and anti-gods, but Pingali Suranna makes it an exploration of the experience of being and falling in love. In this, the work evinces a modern sensibility, showing love as both an individualized emotion and the fullest realization of a person, transcending social and cultural barriers. The translators include an afterword that explores the cultural setting of the work and its historical and literary contexts. Anyone interested in the literature and mythology of India will find this book compelling, but all readers who love a good story will enjoy this moving book. Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman have provided an elegant translation that will serve well the contemporary reader who wishes to encounter a masterwork of world literature largely unknown in the West.
The Demon's Daughter
Author: Pingali Suranna
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791482154
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Demon's Daughter (Prabhavati-pradyumnamu) is a sixteenth-century novel by the south Indian poet Pingali Suranna, originally written in Telugu, the language of present-day Andhra Pradesh. Suranna begins with a story from classical Hindu mythology in which a demon plans to overthrow the gods. Krishna's son Pradyumna is sent to foil the plot and must infiltrate the impregnable city of the demons; Krishna helps ensure his success by having a matchmaking goose cause Pradyumna to fall in love with the demon's daughter. The original story focuses on the ongoing war between gods and anti-gods, but Pingali Suranna makes it an exploration of the experience of being and falling in love. In this, the work evinces a modern sensibility, showing love as both an individualized emotion and the fullest realization of a person, transcending social and cultural barriers. The translators include an afterword that explores the cultural setting of the work and its historical and literary contexts. Anyone interested in the literature and mythology of India will find this book compelling, but all readers who love a good story will enjoy this moving book. Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman have provided an elegant translation that will serve well the contemporary reader who wishes to encounter a masterwork of world literature largely unknown in the West.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791482154
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
The Demon's Daughter (Prabhavati-pradyumnamu) is a sixteenth-century novel by the south Indian poet Pingali Suranna, originally written in Telugu, the language of present-day Andhra Pradesh. Suranna begins with a story from classical Hindu mythology in which a demon plans to overthrow the gods. Krishna's son Pradyumna is sent to foil the plot and must infiltrate the impregnable city of the demons; Krishna helps ensure his success by having a matchmaking goose cause Pradyumna to fall in love with the demon's daughter. The original story focuses on the ongoing war between gods and anti-gods, but Pingali Suranna makes it an exploration of the experience of being and falling in love. In this, the work evinces a modern sensibility, showing love as both an individualized emotion and the fullest realization of a person, transcending social and cultural barriers. The translators include an afterword that explores the cultural setting of the work and its historical and literary contexts. Anyone interested in the literature and mythology of India will find this book compelling, but all readers who love a good story will enjoy this moving book. Velcheru Narayana Rao and David Shulman have provided an elegant translation that will serve well the contemporary reader who wishes to encounter a masterwork of world literature largely unknown in the West.
The Demon's Daughter
Author: Emma Holly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425199183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
It's Inspector Adrian Philips's job to keep the peace between humans and demons in Avvar. Part demon, part human, he's hated by both sides. But when he meets Roxanne, a fellow outcast, he finds in her everything his soul needs--and his body yearns for. The question is, will the exquisite pleasure they find together be worth the dangerous wrath of their enemies?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425199183
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
It's Inspector Adrian Philips's job to keep the peace between humans and demons in Avvar. Part demon, part human, he's hated by both sides. But when he meets Roxanne, a fellow outcast, he finds in her everything his soul needs--and his body yearns for. The question is, will the exquisite pleasure they find together be worth the dangerous wrath of their enemies?
The Demon's Daughter
Author: Paula Altenburg
Publisher: Entangled: Select
ISBN: 9781620610374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hunter is the only man capable of killing the demons that left the world in ruins. But when he's hired by a notorious priestess to bring a thief to justice, the Demon Slayer gets more than he bargains for. Airie was raised in an abandoned temple as a priestess's daughter, having no idea of her true origins. In a time when any half-breed spawn of a demon is despised by mortal and immortal alike, not knowing the truth is the only thing keeping her safe. Forced to flee her home in the wake of disaster and discovery of who she is, Airie must place her trust in a man who believes she should never have been born. And when a demon uprising threatens lives he has sworn to protect, Hunter has to make a choice: abandon Airie to an uncertain fate, or overcome his own personal demons and love her for who she truly is.
Publisher: Entangled: Select
ISBN: 9781620610374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hunter is the only man capable of killing the demons that left the world in ruins. But when he's hired by a notorious priestess to bring a thief to justice, the Demon Slayer gets more than he bargains for. Airie was raised in an abandoned temple as a priestess's daughter, having no idea of her true origins. In a time when any half-breed spawn of a demon is despised by mortal and immortal alike, not knowing the truth is the only thing keeping her safe. Forced to flee her home in the wake of disaster and discovery of who she is, Airie must place her trust in a man who believes she should never have been born. And when a demon uprising threatens lives he has sworn to protect, Hunter has to make a choice: abandon Airie to an uncertain fate, or overcome his own personal demons and love her for who she truly is.
Daughters unto Devils
Author: Amy Lukavics
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460399064
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
God bless the little children When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner’s family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory of the past winter; of her sickly Ma giving birth to a baby sister who cries endlessly; of the terrifying visions she saw as her sanity began to slip, the victim of cabin fever; and most of all, the memories of the boy she has been secretly meeting with as a distraction from her pain. The boy whose baby she now carries. When the Verners arrive at their new home, a large cabin abandoned by its previous owners, they discover the inside covered in blood. And as the days pass, it is obvious to Amanda that something isn’t right on the prairie. She’s heard stories of lands being tainted by evil, of men losing their minds and killing their families, and there is something strange about the doctor and his son who live in the woods on the edge of the prairie. But with the guilt and shame of her sins weighing on her, Amanda can’t be sure if the true evil lies in the land, or deep within her soul.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1460399064
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
God bless the little children When sixteen-year-old Amanda Verner’s family decides to move from their small mountain cabin to the vast prairie, she hopes it is her chance for a fresh start. She can leave behind the memory of the past winter; of her sickly Ma giving birth to a baby sister who cries endlessly; of the terrifying visions she saw as her sanity began to slip, the victim of cabin fever; and most of all, the memories of the boy she has been secretly meeting with as a distraction from her pain. The boy whose baby she now carries. When the Verners arrive at their new home, a large cabin abandoned by its previous owners, they discover the inside covered in blood. And as the days pass, it is obvious to Amanda that something isn’t right on the prairie. She’s heard stories of lands being tainted by evil, of men losing their minds and killing their families, and there is something strange about the doctor and his son who live in the woods on the edge of the prairie. But with the guilt and shame of her sins weighing on her, Amanda can’t be sure if the true evil lies in the land, or deep within her soul.
The Demon's Daughter
Author: Emma Holly
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101204745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
It's Inspector Adrian Philips's job to keep the peace between humans and demons in Avvar. Part demon, part human, he's hated by both sides. But when he meets Roxanne, a fellow outcast, he finds in her everything his soul needs--and his body yearns for. The question is, will the exquisite pleasure they find together be worth the dangerous wrath of their enemies?
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101204745
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
It's Inspector Adrian Philips's job to keep the peace between humans and demons in Avvar. Part demon, part human, he's hated by both sides. But when he meets Roxanne, a fellow outcast, he finds in her everything his soul needs--and his body yearns for. The question is, will the exquisite pleasure they find together be worth the dangerous wrath of their enemies?
THE DEMON'S DAUGHTER (English Edition) Part 6
Author: Missael Alejandro Reyes Burciaga
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
THE DEMON'S DAUGHTER (English Edition) Part 2
Author: Missael Alejandro Reyes Burciaga
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
THE DEMON'S DAUGHTER (English Edition) Part 4
Author: Missael Alejandro Reyes Burciaga
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
THE DEMON'S DAUGHTER (English Edition) Part 5
Author: Missael Alejandro Reyes Burciaga
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
THE DEMON'S DAUGHTER (English Edition) Part 3
Author: Missael Alejandro Reyes Burciaga
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...
Publisher: Shinki97
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Usually, humans are the heroes of stories, while demons are the villains... in this one... it's not like that. In a kingdom ruled by a corrupt and narcissistic former hero, a boy named Shin finds a baby girl who happens to be the last demon alive... after becoming attached to her, he decides to protect her, no matter if he has to betray his own race and face the former hero...