Disorienting Dharma Ethics and the Aesthetics of Suffering in the Mahabharata

"The book is a stimulating combination of close attention to textual detail and reflection on the reading process. By bringing literary theory into contact with Mahabharata studies it does welcome wonders for both; it is original and will be influential...The tone is passionate yet restrained; the argument is engaging and direct...The project is clearly an important one both for the author and for the field of Mahabharata studies."--Simon Brodbeck, author of The Mahabharata Patriline: Gender, Culture, and the Royal Hereditary