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The Ramayana
- A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic
Engelsk Paperback
The Ramayana
- A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of The Indian Epic
Engelsk Paperback

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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.
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
192
ISBN-13:
9780143039679
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
0143039679
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Udg. Dato:
2 nov 2006
Længde:
14mm
Bredde:
130mm
Højde:
196mm
Forlag:
Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato:
2 nov 2006
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