Ramayana by Daljit Nagra Pura López Colomé Translated by Alan Dent

Translated by Alan Dent

They express a yearning for a state of primordial purity and an awareness of destructive forces which the self must confront

now psalmic

' – Jackie Kay

Bird also playfully exploits the conventions of biography: fact and fiction blend

Ramayana by Daljit Nagra Pura López Colomé Translated by Alan DentThe Ramayana is one of the great epics of the ancient world, with versions spanning the cultures, religions and languages of Asia. Its story of Rama's quest to recover his wife Sita from her abduction by Raavana, the Lord of the Underworld, has enchanted readers and audiences across the Eastern world for thousands of years. Daljit Nagra was captivated by his grandparents' Punjabi version as a child, and has chosen to rejuvenate the story for a new