The Home and the World
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...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140449860 (0140449868)
Publish date: April 26th 2005
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Pages no: 213
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
20th Century,
India,
Asian Literature,
Indian Literature,
Asia,
Poetry,
Bangladesh
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lukacs/works/1922/tagore.htm
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