The Home and the World
$26.43
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2005
Summary
A leading figure in the Indian nationalist movement and a friend of Gandhi, Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
Set on a Bengali noble’s estate in 1908, this is both a love story and a novel of political awakening. The central character, Bimala, is torn between the duties owed to her husband, Nikhil, and the demands made on her by the radical leader, Sandip. Her attempts to resolve the irreconcilable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140449860 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140449868 |
| Author: | Rabindranath Tagore, William Radice, Anita Desai, Surendranath Tagore |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2005 |
| Weight: | 184g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 128mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel laureate for literature (1913), was one of the greatest writers in modern Indian literature.
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