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The Home and the World
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The Home and the World
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Rabindranath Tagore
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Edited by William Radice
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Introduction by Anita Desai
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Translated by Surendranath Tagore
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:240 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Literary essays |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780140449860
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| Classifications | Dewey:891.4485 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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| Imprint |
Penguin Classics
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| Publication Date |
31 March 2005 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
When Bimala's husband, Nikhil - a wealthy yet enlightened and charitable landowner of a Bengali estate - encourages her to emerge from the traditional female seclusion of purdah, he introduces her to his old friend Sandip. Ruthless and charismatic, Sandip is a radical leader in the nationalist Swadeshi movement, and Bimala is soon caught up by his revolutionary fervour and experiences a profound political awakening. Torn between her duties as a wife and her passion for her cause, her attempts to resolve the conflict between home and the world lead to violence and, ultimately, tragedy. Vividly depicting the clash between old and new, realism and idealism, The Home and the World (1916) is a haunting allegory of India's political turmoil in the early twentieth century.
Author Biography
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941), Nobel laureate for literature (1913), was one of the greatest writer in modern Indian literature.
ReviewsBy the Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
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