Description
- Pub: December 2021
- Author : Devdutt Pattanaik
- ISBN: 9780670095407
- Price: Rs. 599/-
- Category: Non-fiction/Ancient
- Binding: Hardback
- Extent: 320
- Imprint: Viking
- Territory: Indian subcontinent
ABOUT THE BOOK
Eden is the garden of happiness that humankind lost when Adam and Eve
(also known as Hawa), the first human couple, disobeyed the one true god,
i.e., God, and ate the fruit of the forbidden tree. To this garden all humanity
shall return if we accept God’s love and follow God’s law. It represents
paradise in Abrahamic lore, which emerged over 4,000 years ago in the
Middle East and has since spread to every corner of the world in three forms:
Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Like Ramayana and Mahabharata, Jewish,
Christian and Islamic tales too are cultural memories and metaphors, i.e.
mythologies. They seek to make life meaningful by establishing a worldview
based on one God, one life, and one way of living based on God’s message
transmitted through his many messengers. But these stories contrast Indian
mythologies that are rooted in rebirth, where the world is without beginning
or end, where there are infinite manifestations of the divine, both within and
without, personal and impersonal, simultaneously monotheistic, polytheistic
and atheistic. Eden explores the vast world of Abrahamic myths from a
uniquely Indian prism, through storytelling that is intimate but not irreverent,
and to introduce readers to the many captivating tales of angels, demons,
prophets, patriarchs, judges and kings. It also retells stories from
Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Zoroastrian mythologies that influenced
Abrahamic monotheism over time.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Devdutt Pattanaik writes, illustrates and lectures on the relevance of
mythology in modern times. He has, since 1996, written over 30 books and
600 columns on how stories, symbols and rituals construct the subjective
truth (myths) of ancient and modern cultures around the world. His books
with Penguin Random House India include Shyam: An Illustrated Retelling of the
Bhagavata, The Book of Ram, Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata,
Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana, The Girl Who Chose and the Devlok
with Devdutt Pattanaik series, among others. He consults with corporations on
leadership and governance, and TV channels on mythological serials.
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