Description: The Epic of Ram by Tulsidas has become the most beloved retelling of the ancient Ramayana story across northern India and an influential literary masterpiece. This volume recounts Ram's birth on earth, his youthful adventures, and the celebration of his marriage to Sita.
Brief description: Philip Lutgendorf is Professor Emeritus of Hindi and Modern Indian Studies at the University of Iowa.
Review Quotes: Lutgendorf manages a simplicity, elegance and dignity, whereas attempts to rhyme or alliterate by other translators have often resulted in bathos...If this graceful and eminently readable translation can win more readers for this great scripture, which is also the greatest poem ever written in Hindi, it would have served to reaffirm Tulsi's belief in the countless multiplicity of Ramayans.--Harish Trivedi "IIC Quarterly" (11/1/2016 12:00:00 AM)