Masterpieces of World Literature

R. K Bhushan Sabharwal selects gems from the literary oeuvre, from old time and illuminates them, unpacking context and references to help the reader experience the range of prowess and wisdom within these masterpieces. The masterworks include Greek Tragedy Sophocles' 'Oedipus Rex', Indian Classic Kalidasa's 'Abhijnana Sakuntalam', Dante Alighieri's poetic imagination 'Divine Comedy', Shakespeare's historical tragedy ' Antony and Cleopetra', Omar Khayyam's Rubaiyat (poetry) translated into English by Edward Fitzgerald, Leo Tolstoy's novel 'Anna Karenina', Edwin Arnold's India's religious scripture' Song Celestial' (Translation of Sri Bhagavadgita from Sanskrit into English', Suryakant Tripathi Nirala's elegy' Saroj Smriti (Remembering Saroj)', Dharamvir Bharati's brilliant play 'Andhyajug (The Blind Age) and Ernest Hemmingway's epic novel 'The Old Man And The Sea'. A deft curator, Sabharwal shows us the best vantage point to view these classics in a new way, in a new perspective. With his characteristic mastery of nuance and intensity of aliveness, he points to a crucial distinction of the narratives and care deeply about the essentials. The readers will be wiser for having read them. ---- Gopal Lahiri, Poet and Critic