The Ramayana (Narayan book)

The Ramayana

First edition
Author	R.K. Narayan
Country	India
Language	English
Genre	Mythology
Publisher	Chatto and Windus
Publication date	1973
Media type	Print
ISBN	978-0-14-004428-7
OCLC	2798190
Preceded by	My Days
Followed by	The Painter of Signs

The Ramayana is a mythological book by R. K. Narayan. It was first published by Chatto and Windus, London in 1973.^[1] The book is a shortened, prose adaptation of the Tamil Kamba Ramayanam.^[2] 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.^[3] He later wrote The Mahabharata, published in 1978.

References

1. Walsh, William (November 1, 1982). R. K. Narayan: A Critical Appreciation. University Of Chicago Press. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-226-87213-1.
2. Nahal, Chaman (1980). The Humanities review 2: 51. Missing or empty |title= (help);
3. Sundaram, P. S. (1988). R.K. Narayan as a novelist. New world literature series 14. B.R. Pub. Corp. p. 126. ISBN 978-81-7018-531-4.