{"product_id":"the-home-and-the-world-paperback","title":"The Home and the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSurendranath Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAnita Desai\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRabindranath Tagore\u003c\/b\u003e (1861-1941) was a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance. A poet, a songwriter, a playwright, an essayist, a short story writer and a novelist; Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1931. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnita Desai\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1937; her father was Bengali and her mother German, and she was educated in Delhi. Her publihsed work includes \u003ci\u003eClear Light of Day\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the 1980 Booker Prize, \u003ci\u003eFire on the Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, for which she won the Royal Society of Literature's Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and the 1978 National Academy of Letters Award, \u003ci\u003eIn Custody\u003c\/i\u003e, which was shortlisted for the 1984 Booker Prize, a volume of short stories, \u003ci\u003eGames at Twilight\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBaumgartner's Bombay\u003c\/i\u003e, all of which are publihsed in Penguin. She has also written several books for children. She is a member of the Advisory Board for English of the National Academy of Letters in Delhi and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in London. She was awarded the Neil Gunn International Fellowship for 1994. Anita Desai is married, has four children, and lives in India. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Radice\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, scholar, and translator of Bengali, who has written or edited nearly thirty books. He has translated Tagore's short stories and his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Home of the World\u003c\/i\u003e for Penguin Classics.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.72 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753870754080,"sku":"9780140449860","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/cbe68628aaec982b3bd7ffdfad3a8f37.webp?v=1780028639","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-home-and-the-world-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}