Ramayana: a shortened modern prose version of the Indian epic. R. K. Narayan. 2006.

A sweeping tale of abduction, battle and courtship played out in a universe thronged with heroes, deities n demons. Ramayana has been thrilling readers and listeners since the fourth century BC. Here, R. K. Narayan - one of India’s greatest literary lights - draws mostly on the work of the eleventh-century Tamil poet Kamba and recounts it with the narrative flair of a master novelist.