Selected Short Stories
Selected Short Stories by Rabindranath Tagore, published by Penguin in January 1994, presents a collection of narratives that showcase the author’s mastery in the short story form. This revised edition spans 322 pages and is written in English. Tagore, a prominent figure in Bengali culture, crafted these stories during the 1890s while managing his family’s estates, capturing the essence of Bengali life and landscapes.
Readers will find that Tagore’s stories serve as vivid portraits that explore themes such as peasantry, gentry, casteism, and the struggles of poverty. His work transcends mere realism, reflecting a unique vision that combines his poetic sensibilities with social commentary. This collection highlights Tagore’s ability to intertwine the personal and the political, offering insights into the complexities of life in Bengal during his time.
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Poet, novelist, painter and musician, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) is the grand master of Bengali culture, and in the 1890s he concentrated on creating a new form, the short story. Many of his best stories were written during a period of relative isolation spent managing his family’s estates in the riverlands of Bengal and they have been acclaimed as vivid portraits of Bengali life and landscapes, brilliantly polemical 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.
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