Home and the World
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Pages: 240
Language: English
Published: 2005-06-15
ISBN: 9780143031413
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Set against the backdrop of the Partition of Bengal by the British in 1905, <i>Home and the World</i>(Ghare Baire) is the story of a young liberal-minded zamindar Nikhilesh, his educated and sensitive wife Bimala, and Nikhilesh s friend Sandip, a charismatic nationalist leader whom Bimala finds herself attracted to. A perceptive exposition of the difficulties surrounding women s emancipation in pre-modern India, and a telling portrayal of the chasms inherent in the nationalist movement, <i>Home and the World</i>has generated endless debate and discussion. This classic novel by Nobel Prize-winner Rabindranath Tagore, first published in Bengali in 1916, is now available in a lucid new translation.
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