William Buck died in 1970 at the age of 37 after more than 15 years of work on the "Ramayana, Mahabharata, " and the unfinished "Harivamsa." Of the two finished books, he wrote, "My method in writing both Mahabharata and Ramayana was to begin with a literal translation from which to extract the story, and then to tell that story in an interesting way that would preserve the spirit and flavor of the original."
"Buck recaptures a spirit which is lacking in the more [literal and complete] translation; there is a poetry of expression, an atmosphere of awe, a liveliness of appreciation. . . . Buck captures much of the beauty of the Sanskrit thought. . . . A pleasure to read and to look at; the many illustrations by Shirley Triest have a magical quality in total harmony with the magic of the text."--"Times Literary Supplement
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