The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:R. K. Narayan, Pankaj Mishra (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2006-09-01Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143039679ISBN-10:143039679UPC:9780143039679Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC3PVHH5KF
The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling A Penguin Classic A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless versions in different...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780143039679ISBN-10:143039679UPC:9780143039679Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologySize:7.60 x 5.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.3505Product ID:SC3PVHH5KF
R. K. Narayan (1906-2001), born and educated in India, was the author of fourteen novels, numerous short stories and essays, a memoir, and three retold myths. His work, championed by Graham Greene, who became a close friend, was often compared to that of Dickens, Chekhov, Faulkner, and Flannery O'Connor, among others.
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