Amit Majmudar's latest book is the first volume of a Mahabharata retelling,
The Book of Vows, published by Penguin India. The forthcoming volumes of this trilogy are
The Book of Discoveries and
The Book of Killings. He has also previously published a polyphonic retelling of the Ramayana from multiple perspectives,
Sitayana; a translation of the Bhagavad Gita,
Godsong; a tragicomic historical fable,
Soar; and his first book for younger readers,
Heroes, the Colour of Dust.
The day Hanuman watched his beloved Rama walk into the river Sarayu—at the end of an 11,000-year reign—was one of the most heartbreaking days of his life. Having been granted the boon of immortality, Hanuman is blessed to live on Earth as long as the Ramayana is told and remembered. And so, to heal his grief, he begins to travel all over the world and has many adventures, thrilling and unexpected, ensuring that the Ramayana is never forgotten.
In this collection of forty exciting tales, read how Hanuman, the monkey-god, vanquishes the thousand-headed Ahiravana, defeats a giant wasp-demoness, races with Garuda to see who is the fastest and has many other escapades.
Action-packed and fast-paced, these reimagined stories of chiranjeevi Hanuman’s later adventures are magical, heart-warming and bittersweet. Continuing the traditional folk practice of inventing adventures for Hanuman, Amit Majmudar takes us along on the monkey-god's long and lonely, and rollickingly eventful, immortality.
