Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God

Penguin Publishing Group, 2002 - Fiction - 176 pages

The timeless epic of the Hindu faith, now available from Signet Classics in this edition translated by Swami Prabhavananda and Christopher Isherwood—with an Introduction by Aldous Huxley.

The Bhagavad-Gita is the Gospel of Hinduism, and one of the great religious classics of the world. Its simple, vivid message is a daily inspiration in the lives of millions throughout the world and has been so for countless generations.

Here is a distinguished translation that can be read by every person, not as an archaic monument to an ancient culture, but as a living contemporary message that touches the most urgent personal and social problems.

About the author

Christopher Isherwood, born in Cheshire, England, in 1904, wrote both novels and nonfiction. He was a lifelong friend of W.H. Auden and wrote several plays with him, including Dog Beneath the Skin and The Ascent of F6. He lived in Germany from 1928 until 1933 and his writings during this period described the political and social climate of pre-Hitler Germany. Isherwood immigrated to the United States in 1939 and became a U.S. citizen in 1946. He lived in California, working on film scripts and adapting plays for television. The musical Cabaret is based on several of Isherwood's stories and on his play, I Am a Camera. His other works include Mr. Norris Changes Trains, about life in Germany in the early 1930s; Down There on a Visit, an autobiographical novel; and Where Joy Resides, published after his death in 1986.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God; Signet Classic
• Translated by: Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher Isherwood
• Contributor: Aldous Huxley
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group, 2002
• ISBN: 0451528441, 9780451528445
• Length: 176 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Cultural Heritage; Fiction / Religious; Religion / Hinduism / Sacred Writings