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Sauptik: Blood and Flowers is a revisionist retelling of some of our oldest tales which have inspired and guided generations of people. The sequel to Adi Parva, which was chosen as one of 2012’s Best Graphic Novels by comic book historian Paul Gravett, this book combines breath-taking art with classic storytelling. Based on the Mahabharata, the Puranas and the tradition of oral storytellers, Sauptik is also very contemporary. The narrative, with its lush visuals, emphasizes, over and over, our forgotten connection with the soil, with rivers, with forests, with fire. In book one, Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, the celestial river Ganga narrates events from the beginning of time and in its sequel, Sauptik: Blood and Flowers, Ashwatthama carries the story forward after surviving the Kurukshetra battle.
ASIN : 9352640640
Publisher : HarperCollins India; Illustrated edition (30 October 2016)
Language : English
Hardcover : 256 pages
ISBN-10 : 9789352640645
ISBN-13 : 978-9352640645
Item Weight : 930 g
Dimensions : 16 x 2.54 x 23.88 cm
Country of Origin : India
Customers say
Customers find the book visually appealing with nuanced illustrations. They find the story fascinating and informative, bringing mythology into real-life relevance. The book is described as a class product that’s worth buying.
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Bekxy Kuriakose –
Gorgeous graphic book from an interesting chapter of the epic Mahabharata
This is the second book of celebrated graphic novelist Amruta Patil that I read after being blown away by Adi Parva few years back.Sauptik is the 10th book of the 18 books of Mahabharata and deals with the aftermath of the 18 day epic war. In Sauptik Parva, Ashwattamma is the central character who takes revenge for his father’s death and is therefore also the sutradhaar (narrator). He narrates the events preceding the war leading upto the final climax of revenge and death. Krishna curses him to wander the earth without meaning or purpose for 3000 years. He is the warrior with the unhealing wound and looks upon the worlds he once knew.Amruta Patil uses a modern day storytelling style to combine the ancient texts of.mahabharata, oral storytelling and puranas alongwith gorgeous illustrations, charcoal sketches, acrylic and oil.paintings to transport you to the mythical magical glorious world of Kauravas and Pandavas, Krishna, Draupadi, Drona and other gods, apsaras and warriorsGorgeous book and enjoyed it as much as I did Adi Parva. All the.more to get a perspective from the eyes of a character not so well known in the tale to me
Kaushik –
NIce product
class product
Amazon Customer –
Heartbreakingly beautiful
Every once in a while, you find a creation that goes beyond delight and ordinary interest; to call this a book would be a travesty. It is painfully beautiful to read and look at. Each page reveals something new even the tenth time you look at it; the art is sublime, the writing is incisive and Amruta Patil makes mythology very very real and brings it into real-life relevance. I could go on rambling like this, but I’ll stop. Do yourself a favour and buy this book and the other one too.
Shweta Rao –
One goes through the great epic this time through the narratorial voice of Ashwatthama
After Kari and Adi Parva, get ready to be dazzled by Patil again. Once you start, there is no question of putting the book down till the end. It is graceful, yet terrorizing; enchanting, yet alienating. Vernal and bloody, just as the subtitle suggests.One goes through the great epic this time through the narratorial voice of Ashwatthama, the most important character in Sauptik Parva of the Mahabharata. The un-heroic hero recounts the epic as he saw and understood it, focalized from within. The voice is distinct from the celestial Ganga, it is surprisingly modern, borrowing heavily from high school science and not bereft of rhythm.The author is painfully aware of the blind spots of that era, which she neither validates, nor censures, but just accepts. Her interpretation of Draupadi is unlike contemporary faddish creations, it is brilliantly nuanced. Sauptik: Blood and Flowers is a sheer delight of senses and beyond.
Surbhi Parmar –
Excellent Graphic novel on the Mahabharata
Indiaâs first graphic novelist Amruta Patil brings the story of the Mahabharata through Ashwatthama as sutradhaar. This book is the second part of her Parva Duology.A must read for those who are interested in reconstructed mythology as well as graphic literature.
R2D2 –
Bought it on a whim…no regrets
To find a way to engross you in a story which has been told for thousands of years (and you’ve probably heard thousands of times) needs a master storyteller, and Amruta Patil is clearly on top of her craft. With each page practically a work of art, this is a book that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the last page.
Akshatha Hegde –
Amrita Patil is one of my favourite writers & humans on this planet
Amrita Patil is one of my favourite writers & humans on this planet. This second book of hers is darker, mysterious and wonderfully informative. I think this book is her coming of age in terms of a writer.I can guarantee you cannot takes your eyes off any page in this book
Amazon Customer –
Decent
Decent I guess but I had higher expectations considering her last two works.
lulianta –
Gorgeous graphic novel!
GS –
This is a beautiful and thoughtful book. I am so sorry that Amruta Patil’s Mahabharata series has come to an end with this publication. I am waiting to buy her next project– I am sure it will be worth waiting for!