The Ramayana
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"The Ramayana" is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the story, this work suggests that it can be enjoyed for its psychological insight...
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Forlagsbeskrivelse af The Ramayana af R. K. Narayan
"The Ramayana" is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the story, this work suggests that it can be enjoyed for its psychological insight, its spiritual depth and its wisdom - or as a tale of abduction, battle and courtship played out in a universe with heroes, deities and demons. 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.
Detaljer
Forlag
Penguin Classics
ISBN
9780143039679
Sprog
Engelsk
Sider
192
Udgivelsesdato
02-11-2006
Format
Paperback
Varenr.
3335464
EAN nr.
9780143039679
Varegruppe
Fiction paperback
Højde/Dybde (mm)
130
Bredde (mm)
196
Længde (mm)
14
Vægt (g)
204