Selected Short Stories

Tagore, Rabindranath

ISBN 10: 0140188541 / ISBN 13: 9780140188547

Published by Penguin Classics, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Selected Short Stories

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

Poet, novelist, painter and musician, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is the grand master of Bengali culture. Written during the 1890s, the stories in this selection brilliantly recreate vivid images of Bengali life and landscapes in their depiction of peasantry and gentry, casteism, corrupt officialdom and dehumanizing poverty. Yet Tagore is first and foremost India's supreme Romantic poet, and in these stories he can be seen reaching beyond mere documentary realism towards his own profoundly original vision.

Product Description:

Translated with an introduction by William Radice. 'Lyrical, but powered by intensely vivid, largely natural imagery... The very best of [his verse and short stories] convey a great strength and uplifting courage, while containing some of the finest evocations of childhood and natural beauty to be found in 20th century Romantic writing' - The Times.