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Broken Nest and other Stories

Sharmistha Mohanty

3.9/5 ( ratings)

This selection of Rabindranath Tagore's stories exemplifies his remarkable ability to enter the complexities of human relationships. Within seemingly simple plots, Tagore portrays with extraordinary compassion and lyricism the predicament of women in traditional Bengali contexts, moving from the loneliness of an intelligent,beautiful woman neglected by her husband in the Nobel Laureate's acclaimed novella 'Broken Nest', to the powerlessness of a young girl whose prized possession is taken away in 'Notebook", from the casual abandonment of an orphan in 'Post master', to a girl robbed of her childhood in 'The Ghat's Tale'. Powerful, brilliant and astute, the novella and three short stories included in this collection - translated here by acclaimed fiction writer Sharmistha Mohanty, who has brought into English the music of Tagore's narrative - are Tagore's finest prose works

Pages: 129

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Tranquebar Press

Release: May 22, 2012

Broken Nest and other Stories

Sharmistha Mohanty

3.9/5 ( ratings)

This selection of Rabindranath Tagore's stories exemplifies his remarkable ability to enter the complexities of human relationships. Within seemingly simple plots, Tagore portrays with extraordinary compassion and lyricism the predicament of women in traditional Bengali contexts, moving from the loneliness of an intelligent,beautiful woman neglected by her husband in the Nobel Laureate's acclaimed novella 'Broken Nest', to the powerlessness of a young girl whose prized possession is taken away in 'Notebook", from the casual abandonment of an orphan in 'Post master', to a girl robbed of her childhood in 'The Ghat's Tale'. Powerful, brilliant and astute, the novella and three short stories included in this collection - translated here by acclaimed fiction writer Sharmistha Mohanty, who has brought into English the music of Tagore's narrative - are Tagore's finest prose works

Pages: 129

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Tranquebar Press

Release: May 22, 2012

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