Language English Media type Print OCLC 2798190 Originally published 1973 Genre Mythology Country India | Publication date 1973 ISBN 978-0-14-004428-7 Followed by The Painter of Signs Publisher Chatto & Windus Preceded by My Days | |
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The Ramayana is a mythological book by R. K. Narayan. It was first published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1973. The book is a shortened, prose adaptation of the Tamil Kamba Ramayanam. In 1938, Narayan made a promise to his dying uncle that he would translate the Kamba Ramayana to English, however, he did not think about this promise until 1968 when he began work on this effort. He later wrote The Mahabharata, published in 1978.
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