"Rama's Last Act" by Bhava-bhuti is counted among the greatest Sanskrit
dramas. The work at once dramatizes the "Ramáyana"--it is one of the
earliest theatrical adaptations of Valmíki's epic masterpiece--and
revises its most intractable episode, the hero's rejection of his
beloved wife. Human agency in the face of destiny, the power of love,
and the capacity of art to make sense of such mysteries are the themes
explored in this singular literary achievement of the Indian stage.
Co-published by New York University Press and the JJC Foundation
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