Home and the World: 5

Title: Home and the World: 5
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
Fiction: 1447198
ISBN: 9780140181876
Publisher: Penguin USA (P)
Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Section: Fiction | General
Condition Note: Clean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: 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.