Books by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, Andrew Harvey, Archana Venkatesan

Or Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukkural , translated with a preface by Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, just published by Beacon Press .  This poem, a staple (the staple?) of Tamil literature, is believed to have been composed between the third and fifth centuries AD.  The poem covers issues of wisdom, ethics, virtue, wealth, and love.  I cannot compare this version to the Tamil original, but it reads nicely and is attractively placed on the page.