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The Great Epic of India Author R. K. Narayan takes on an enormous challenge in trying to recreate for us the magic and glory of the exotic Indian epic. The tale of Rama, the greatest of all Indian heroes and the god Vishnu in human form, takes us though a time and culture that is one of the greatest in the world- and very foreign to me personally. In taking upon him such a grand task, there will be many problems inherent with it. While my general opinion of the authors work is quite high, in order for this report to take form I will start with the portions that I feel could be amended. Improvable Areas There are three main topics that I will use to point out the parts of the book that I didnft enjoy. First, being that trying to take a story that covers many thousands of pages and convert it into a 171 page work is going to leave it reader with many questions and a want for detail. Second, that there were times that the author changed from 1st person to 2nd person to 3rd person, without letting the read know. And last, that there seemed to be entire time periods and event that just seemed skipped over. Starting with the foremost cited reason, I would like to once again mention that I do believe that it has more to do with a problem inherent to the task, more than a failing by the author. The idea of making such a great legend accessible to all readers is a noble quest, however in doing so it takes out much of the miraculous grandeur and majesty possessed in the epic. It is impossible to expect a work of such brevity to grip its reader.
Approximate Word count = 1172
Approximate Pages = 4.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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