{"product_id":"vasantha-yogananthandandakasigned-copy","title":"(Vasantha Yogananthan)(Dandaka)(Signed copy)","description":"\u003cp\u003eParis:\u003cspan\u003eChose Commune,1st edition,Ltd of 1000,In English,Hardcover,Signed copy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:Good,Shelfwear,Rubbed edges,Curled and rubbed corners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDandaka\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eis the fourth chapter of Vasantha Yogananthan’s long-term project \u003cem\u003eA Myth of Two Souls\u003c\/em\u003e, which offers a contemporary retelling of \u003cem\u003eThe Ramayana\u003c\/em\u003e. A seven-chapter tale first recorded by the Sanskrit poet Valmiki around 300 BC, \u003cem\u003eThe Ramayana\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the founding epics of Hindu mythology.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eSince 2013, Yogananthan has been travelling from north to south India, retracing the itinerary of the epic’s heroes. Between fiction and reality, he deliberately blurs the lines through multiple aesthetic approaches: colour, hand-painted and illustrated photographs are interspersed with vernacular images to compose the layers of this timeless story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe end of chapter three (\u003cem\u003eExile\u003c\/em\u003e) sees Lakshmana cut Surpanakha’s nose off. After seeing his sister disfigured, Ravana, the king of Sri Lanka, starts to plot his revenge. Rama and Lakshmana have no idea that their barbaric act – the mutilation of a woman – has sealed Sita’s fate. The fourth chapter tells about Sita’s abduction by Ravana. \u003cem\u003eThe Ramayana\u003c\/em\u003e has been continuously rewritten and reinterpreted through time, \u003cem\u003eDandaka\u003c\/em\u003e mixes strips from the comics book version of the epic, which was published in the 1970s, along with Vasantha Yogananthan’s photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Myth of Two Souls\u003c\/em\u003e will be published in seven photobooks between 2016-2020, one per chapter of the epic. \u003c\/span\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Humble Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57348360339839,"sku":null,"price":220.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0406\/9258\/0517\/files\/IMG_4820.jpg?v=1776206944","url":"https:\/\/www.humblebooks.co.uk\/products\/vasantha-yogananthandandakasigned-copy","provider":"Humble Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}