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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic (Penguin Classics)
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About The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version Of
Preceded the Penguin edition, with a 1971 introduction by the author. Drawings by R.K.Laxman. Cover design by Chand. Narayan "Mine is by no means a translation nor a scholarly study, but may be called a resultant literary product out of the impact of Kamban on my mind as a writer. As a fiction writer, I have enjoyed reading Kamban, felt the stimulation of his poetry and the felicity of his language, admired the profundity of his thought, outlook, characterization, and sense of drama; above all the love and reverence he invokes in the reader for his main figure, Rama - who is presented to us as a youth, disciple, brother, lover, ascetic, and warrior; and in every role we watch him with awe and wonder. I have tried to convey the delight I have experienced in Kamban."
