Home and the World
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Set against the backdrop of the Partition of Bengal by the British in 1905, "Home and the World" ("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, "Home and the World" 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.
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Format: Paperback, 240 pages, 150mm x 220mm
Published: 2005, Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, India
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
Set against the backdrop of the Partition of Bengal by the British in 1905, "Home and the World" ("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, "Home and the World" 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.
Home and the World