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The Ramayana
A Shortened Modern Prose Version
of the Indian Epic
Introduction by Pankaj Mishra
This shortened modern prose version of
the Indian epic—parts of which date from
500 b.c.—was composed by one of the
twentieth century’s supreme storytellers.
208 pp. 978-0-14-303967-9 $14.00
A Tiger for Malgudi and
The Man-Eater of Malgudi
Introduction by Pico Iyer
Available in one volume for the first
time, these two comic novels show R. K.
Narayan at his best, offering enchanting
tales of human absurdity that are also
skillfully woven parables infused with
Hindu mysticism.
352 pp. 978-0-14-310580-0 $16.00
Na - ra - yaNa
c. 9th cent. a.D., indian
Hitopade´sa
Translated with an Introduction by
A. N. D. Haksar
Widely read and beloved for more than
a thousand years, the Hitopades´a (Book
of Good Counsels) is an anthology of
folk wisdom that offers humorous and
profound reflections on human lives and
loves, philosophies and follies.
272 pp. 978-0-14-045522-9 $14.00
thoMas Nashe
1567 – c. 1601, english
The Unfortunate Traveller
and Other Works
Edited with an Introduction by
J. B. Steane
Elizabethan manners, morality, and mirth
are captured in this selection from the
works of Thomas Nashe—pamphleteer,
poet, satirist, scholar, moralist, and jester.
512 pp. 978-0-14-043067-7 $16.00
pablo Neruda
1904 – 1973, chilean
nobel prize winner
Twenty Love Poems and
a Song of Despair
Bilingual Edition
Translated by W. S. Merwin
Introduction by Cristina García
Illustrations by Pablo Picasso
This edition of Neruda’s most enduring
and popular work—love poems of daring
symbolism and sensuality—contains the
original Spanish text with the English
translation on facing pages.
96 pp. 978-0-14-243770-4 $13.00
Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Twenty Love Poems and
a Song of Despair
Bilingual Edition
Translated by W. S. Merwin
Introduction by Cristina García
When it appeared in 1924, this work
launched into the international spotlight
a young and unknown poet whose
writings would ignite a generation. W. S.
Merwin’s incomparable translation faces
the original Spanish text. Now in a blackspine
Classics edition, this book stands as
an essential collection that continues to
inspire lovers and poets around the world.
80 pp. 978-0-14-303996-9 $13.00
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