Ramayana

by William Buck, B.A. van Nooten (Introduction), Shirley Triest (Illustrator)

Overview

Few works in world literature have inspired so vast an audience, in nations with radically different languages and cultures, as the Ramayana, written some 2,000 years ago by a poet known to us as Valmiki. William Buck has retold the story of Prince Rama—with all its nobility of spirit, courtly intrigue, heroic renunciation, fierce battles, and triumph of good over evil—in a length and style that makes the great Indian epic accessible without compromising the spirit and lyricism of the original. Stunningly illustrated with majestic imagery throughout, this 35th anniversary edition is a true collector’s item.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780520272989
Publisher:	University of California Press
Publication date:	06/12/2012
Edition description:	Third Edition, 35th Anniversary Edition
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

William Buck(1933-1970) was a Sanskritist, devoting his life's work to modern retellings of the Ramayana, Mahabharata, and the unfinished Harivamsa.

Table of Contents

Publisher's Preface

Introduction

List of Characters

PART ONE: The Prince of Ayodhya

Born as a Man

The Thorn in the World's Side

Taste This Waster

The Two Wishes

Lord of the Wild Trees

Bharata Returns

The Sandals

PART TWO: Sita's Rescue

Dandaka Forest

The Golden Deer

Hanuman!

The Search

Hanuman's Jump

Here I Am

The New Moon

The Building of the Bridge

The Siege of Lanka

The Invisible Warrior

Ravana and Time

PART THREE: The Dharma Wheel

Here's Love!

The Wonderful Return

In What Dream?

Farewell again, My Lady and My King