Title: The Upanishads
Author: Anonymous
Translator: Juan Mascaró
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Year: 500 BCE/1965
Country: India
144 pages
This is unlike most Penguin volumes in that there are no explanatory notes. Instead, there is a rambling religious essay by the translator, the gist of which is that if you're a right-thinking person, you'll understand that the religious views espoused in the text are correct. This perspective is supported by quotes from other religious texts, Shakespeare, and poets. Not impressive and not what I expect from Penguin.
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