The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic [Audiobook] download free by R. K. Narayan
- Listen audiobook: The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
- Author: R. K. Narayan
- Release date: 2006/7/19
- Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Fiction
- ISBN: 9780143039679
- Rating: 9.33 of 10
- Votes: 791
- Review by: Zoey Hostetler
- Review rating: 7.96 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/25
- Duration: 2H24M17S in 256 kbps (38.4 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-08-20
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WAV, FLAC, OGG, MPEG-4 ALS, MPEG4, MP3, AIFF, WMA (compression LHA, ZIP, RAR, TAR.XZ, ALZ, RPM, RZ)
- Total pages original book: 192
- Includes a PDF summary of 20 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 16M3S (4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: 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.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Sacred Texts, Literary Essays, Myth & Legend Told As Fiction, Hindu Sacred Texts, Hindu Books, Contemporary Fiction, Religious & Spiritual Fiction
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 11.70 USD
- Dimensions: 128x198x12mm
- Weight: 154g
- Printed by: PENGUIN CLASSICS
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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