| The Home and the World Revised Edition Contributor(s): Tagore, Rabindranath (Author), Tagore, Surendranath (Translator), Desai, Anita (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0140449868 ISBN-13: 9780140449860 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Cultural Heritage |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005273608 |
| Series: Penguin Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.2" W x 7.72" (0.41 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 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 irreconciliable pressures of the home and world reflect the conflict in India itself, and the tragic outcome foreshadows the unrest that accompanied Partition in 1947. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |