Description: Nandi Timmana's Theft of a Tree recounts how Krishna stole the wish-granting pārijāta tree from the garden of Indra, king of the gods, to appease his wife Satyabhama. This is the first English translation of the poem, which prefigures the modern Telugu novel with its unprecedented narrative unity.
Brief description: Velcheru Narayana Rao is the Krishnadevaraya Emeritus Professor of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Review Quotes: Theft of a Tree is wonderful piece, but it's not what you're used to--unless you were born five hundred years ago, in a galaxy far, far away...I had a helluva time, rethinking everything, thanks to this book.--Anthony Madrid "RHINO" (8/1/2022 12:00:00 AM)