The Mahabharata (Narayan book)
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The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic is a mythological book by R. K. Narayan. It is a modernised, shortened, and translated retelling of The Mahabharata.[1] It was first published by Heinemann, London in 1978.[2] The book was published as a result of a long endeavour that included three Hindu mythological works, Gods, Demons and Others, The Ramayana and finally The Mahabharata; in 1995, these works were republished as part of a new book, The Indian Epics Retold.[3]
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Author | R.K. Narayan |
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Original title | The Mahabharata: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic |
Illustrator | R.K. Laxman |
Country | India |
Genre | Mythology |
Publisher | Heinemann (UK) Viking Press (US) |
Publication date | 1978 |
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Preceded by | The Painter of Signs |
Followed by | The Emerald Route |
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