I don’t know if it’s laziness or just me being busy and productive (I’m hoping it’s the latter), but I haven’t really read much this year. For October, I seemingly gravitated to thick, illustrated volumes, namely Sanjay Patel’s “Ramayana: Divine Loophole” and Craig Thompson’s new release, “Habibi.”
I liked Sanjay Patel’s rendition of “Ramayana.” After reading the notes, it was astonishing to me that the entire endeavor took about five or so years! The Ramayana translation he got ahold of was over 3,000 pages long and took about a year to read. On top of condensing the text, he also laid out his book, as well as the illustrations. Then, he’s off to do line work and sketches on paper, and then rendering on the computer.
