{"product_id":"mahabharata-designs-of-dharma-71125","title":"Mahabharata: Designs of Dharma - Signed First","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(239, 18, 18);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFriend of the store Sanjay Patel signed our copies November 26th.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSanjay Patel has created an incredible illustrated epic reminiscent of the Provensens' Golden Treasury of Myths and Legends. The illustrations are fully integrated into the text so every page is a splash of art, design, and color.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the publisher:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"\u003eFrom Academy Award-nominated Pixar animator and director, founder of Ghee Happy Studio, and acclaimed author\/illustrator Sanjay Patel comes a bold, modern retelling of the Mahabharata, India’s greatest epic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdapted, abridged, and illustrated with both humor and heart for a contemporary audience, this stunning visual retelling of the Indian epic the Mahabharata features 400 pages of illustrated text in Patel’s iconic style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTen times the length of the Iliad and the Odyssey combined, the Mahabharata is astonishingly vast in both scope and size, a library of ancient Indian culture and knowledge. In this thrilling modern adaptation of the text, Patel has condensed over 200,000 lines of the original Sanskrit verse into a single, 400-page volume that is easy to understand for those new to the story. Patel’s engaging artwork imparts multiple layers of meaning and story, creating a groundbreaking visual presentation that enables readers to immerse themselves in the Mahabharata and all its wonders.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSanjay Patel \u003c\/strong\u003eis an animator and illustrator who worked at Pixar for 20 years, contributing to many of their most beloved films. In 2015, he wrote and directed the short film Sanjay’s Super Team, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Short Film. 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