Price: ₹225
Pages: 735
ISBN: 9788189474607
The WRECK(1921) translation by Tagore of his Bengali novel Naukadubi (1906) is based on the dilemma of mistaken identity resulting in an exchange of wives. Delightfully told and interspersed with descriptions of nature of extraodinary loveliness it is full of action and powerful human interest. Through this novel Tagore suggests the rift between the reformist and progressive Brahmosamaj and traditional conservatism of Hinduism. Its popularity can be gauged from the fact that after Gitanjali it is one of his most widely translated novels. According to Krishna Kripalani a perceptive critic, The Wreck has an ingeniously constructed story unburdened with philosophy and not ending on a tragic note. 2. GORA, reckoned as an epic brings out the then Bengali society in a harmonious way. Rabindranath Tagore ideally attacks social taboos in this remarkable work "Gora". The Bengali society, which was then categorically divided into the traditional Orthodox Hindus and the liberal Brahmo Samaj, is presented in this novel Gora in a matchless way. For the greater purpose of saving the society from the claws of oppression, caste system and above all to voice a strong protest against estranging women from the main stream Tagore weaves the tale of Gora in a fascinating way. 3. THE HOME AND THE WORLD 1916 (in the original Bengali, ??? ????? Ghôre Baire, lit. "At home [and] outside") is a 1916 novel by Rabindranath Tagore. The book illustrates the battle Tagore had with himself, between the ideas of Western culture and revolution against the Western culture. These two ideas are portrayed in two of the main characters, Nikhil, who is rational and opposes violence, and Sandip, who will let nothing stand in his way from reaching his goals. These two opposing ideals are very important in understanding the history of this region and its contemporary problems. There is much controversy over whether or not Tagore was attempting represent Gandhi in Sandip but many argue that Tagore would not even venture to personify Sandip as Gandhi because Tagore was a large admirer of Gandhi and Gandhi was anti-0violence while Sandip would use violence in any respect to get what he wanted. The book shows “the clash between new and old, realism and idealism, the means and the end, good and evil†(p xxiv) within India and southern Asia.