Description: Further DetailsTitle: The RamayanaCondition: NewEAN: 9780143039679ISBN: 9780143039679Publisher: Penguin ClassicsFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 11/02/2006Item Height: 199mmItem Length: 132mmItem Width: 13mmItem Weight: 156gAuthor: R. K. NarayanLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian EpicISBN-10: 0143039679Description: The Ramayana is, quite simply, the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling 'Almost every individual living in India,' writes R. K. Narayan in the Introduction to this new interpretation, 'is aware of the story of The Ramayana. Everyone of whatever age, outlook, education or station in life knows the essential part of the epic and adores the main figures in it - Rama and Sita. Every child is told the story at bedtime . . . The Ramayana pervades our cultural life.' Although the Sanskrit original was composed by Valmiki, probably around the fourth century BC, poets have produced countless variant versions in different languages. Here, drawing his inspiration from the work of an eleventh-century Tamil poet called Kamban, Narayan has used the talents of a master novelist to recreate the excitement and joy he has found in the original. It can be enjoyed and appreciated, he suggests, for its psychological insight, its spiritual depth and its practical wisdom - or just as a thrilling tale of abduction, battle and courtship played out in a universe thronged with heroes, deities and demons.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: Literary CriticismRelease Year: 2006 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Ramayana
Title: The Ramayana
EAN: 9780143039679
ISBN: 9780143039679
Release Date: 11/02/2006
Release Year: 2006
Subtitle: A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic
ISBN-10: 0143039679
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Book Title: Ramayana : a Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Item Height: 0.5 in
Topic: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, General, Hinduism / Sacred Writings
Publication Year: 2006
Features: Revised
Genre: Religion, Fiction
Item Weight: 5.5 Oz
Author: R. K. Narayan
Item Length: 7.8 in
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Uk-B Format Paperback
